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In the Mood for Love (Huayang Nianhua) (BFI Film Classics) by Tony Rayns, Jimmy Turrell, Wong Kar Wai, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Set in Hong Kong, Singapore, & Cambodia in the 1960s, Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love (2000) is a film that luxuriates in the feeling of being in love – without ever turning into a love story. Its central characters, Mr. Chow & Mrs. Chan, are tenants in next-door apartments in Hong Kong who discover that their respective spouses are having an affair. Both of them have promiscuous colleagues at work, but they struggle to make sense of their partners' behaviour – & to control their growing feelings for each other. Hailed by the press as 'the consummate unconsummated love story of the new millennium', this film about desire repressed has become a firmly established classic of the twenty-first century. In his sharp & revealing analysis of In the Mood for Love, Tony Rayns draws on his considerable expertise in East Asian cinema & on his proximity to Wong Kar Wai & his colleagues at Jet Tone during the film's long & complicated genesis. He delivers a personal & highly original commentary on the film & its production, complete with privileged insights into Wong's idiosyncratic working methods & influences. The book also places the film in the context of Wong's other work, with sidelig

Who reads In the Mood for Love (Huayang Nianhua) (BFI Film Classics)?

Author

Tony Rayns, Jimmy Turrell, Wong Kar Wai, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung

Publisher

British Film Institute, Palgrave, Macmillan

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781844578764

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Performing Arts, Sports, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.67 / 5 (9 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14