9° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Special Event - Hong Kong 1985-1991
Wang Jiao ka men
by Wong Kar-wai
Country: Hong Kong
Year: 1988
Duration: 100'
"This is a tragedy set in a big city focussing on several ordinary characters caught in a helpless situation. As a story about antiheroes, it is reminiscent of Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets plus a romance of the kind the Japanese stars Momoe Yamakuchi and Tomokazu Miura made popular a dozen years ago. The narrative structure of the film is different from many other Hong Kong films. It has no clear plot Both the atmosphere and the "story" are derived from the interplay of three personalities. I came up with this script while working on Patrick Tam's The Final Victory. The idea came from a news item about two teenagers paid by the triads to carry out a murder. After being paid, the two friends went out for a wild night around town. In the morning, they set out for their assignment. The three main characters in the film are all doing what they ought not to do: Andy Lau should not become romantically entangled with Maggie Cheung, Fly (Jackie Cheung) tries to accomplish what is clearly beyond his physical ability, and Andy Lau can't help but get involved again and again in Fly's mistake." (Wong Karwai)
Biography
film director
Wong Kar Wai
(Shanghai, China, 1958) graduated in graphic design in Hong Kong in 1980, and began working for Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Ltd as a production assistant and screenwriter, particularly for the soap opera Don’t Look Now. He made his first feature film, As Tears Go By, in 1988, followed by Days of Being Wild (1991), Ashes of Time (1994) and, particularly, Hong Kong Express (1994), which caught the attention of the critics who named him one of Hong Kong’s best directors. In 1997 he won the award for Best Director at Cannes for Happy Together; in 2000 he directed In the Mood for Love and then its sequel 2046 (2004). In 2004 he directed The Hand, an episode of the collective film Eros, followed by My Blueberry Nights, first Wong’s American film, and in 2013 The Grandmaster.
FILMOGRAFIA
Wong gok ka moon (As Tears Go By, 1988), A Fei jing juen (Days of Being Wild, 1991), Dung che sai duk (Ashes of Time, 1994), Chungking Express (Hong Kong Express, 1994), Duo luo tian shi (Angeli perduti, 1995), Chun gwong cha sit (Happy Together, 1997), Fa yeung nin wa (In the Mood for Love, 2000), 2046 (2004), Eros (ep. La Mano, 2004), My Blueberry Nights (Un bacio romantico, 2007), Ashes of Time Redux (2008), Yi dai zong shi (The Grandmaster, 2013).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Wong Karwai.
Director of photography: Andrew Lau.
Art director: William Cheung.
Editor: Peter Chiang.
Music: Danny Chung.
Sound: Roony Ching.
Cast: Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung.
Production company: Rover Tang for InGear Film Production.
Foreign sales agent: InGear Film Production, 2/F 210 Prince Edward Rd., Kowloon, Hong Kong, fax 3971452.
Director of photography: Andrew Lau.
Art director: William Cheung.
Editor: Peter Chiang.
Music: Danny Chung.
Sound: Roony Ching.
Cast: Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung.
Production company: Rover Tang for InGear Film Production.
Foreign sales agent: InGear Film Production, 2/F 210 Prince Edward Rd., Kowloon, Hong Kong, fax 3971452.
