The blocking in this movie was brilliant. The particular scene where Mrs. Chan confronts his husband but it turns actually was Mr. Chow. Director was literally manipulating into believing that it was her husband. That was the best scene for me in the movie, how it unfolded.
@andre992493 жыл бұрын
Indeed. It was so powerful because the movie had already established the spouses being filmed in the back without showing their faces, so when the scene starts that way we are easily manipulated. Such a brilliant moment.
@zoomk86803 жыл бұрын
@@andre99249 is that scene available in youtube?
@zoomk86803 жыл бұрын
is that scene available in youtube?
@someoneelse10443 жыл бұрын
that scene really got me for a couple of seconds. I can't tell how confused I was
@random-accessmemory92012 жыл бұрын
You can go to 5:38 😁 Not really a full scene of that though. 😅
@altertopias7 жыл бұрын
For my philosophy teacher, the "trap" they were in was that they had fallen in love with each other because they were the faithful ones, but to act on it would make them unfaithful, thus breaking the grounds of what brought them together. I like this theory, it gives their choices a more deep meaning instead of just being social pressure or fantasy.
@manastakle Жыл бұрын
Interesting
@ximono Жыл бұрын
That's how I interpreted it too. I even think they say in one scene, "we're not like them".
@onemillionpercent Жыл бұрын
yes
@youbyoubalancedliving9700 Жыл бұрын
Then it comes down to the real question. There is no happiness with either choices. Humans created so much religious rules against basic human desires, in terms create frustration, anger and fear.
@ZainabZehra78610 ай бұрын
What does religion have to do with their choices? Infact, religion would have facilitated their union. SInce both of their spouses had cheated, it would totally be reasonable for them to leave their partners and marry each other.@@youbyoubalancedliving9700
@thedude6333 жыл бұрын
Tony Leung knows how to smoke with total class and style.
@dyutiparnaguha86933 жыл бұрын
Also how to wear the shit out of a suit.
@raidennaz15903 жыл бұрын
Like damn. He even looks gorgeous in wifebeater.
@jajahhaha98783 жыл бұрын
Im so proud of him being in 10 ringsss 🤧
@JstJaybeingJay3 жыл бұрын
Helps if you're good looking😂
@ShawnC073 жыл бұрын
@@jajahhaha9878 the villain that carries the whole movie
@Anitaaahhh9 жыл бұрын
For me the frames within frames created atmosphere of tension. It somehow felt that characters were "stuck" in these frames: between walls, between neighbors, between social norms, between their spouses' phantoms as you called. The pain they suffered was intensified with these walls. They don't let you breathe. This movie is painfully great. p.s. and the music is just brilliant!
@sandipw519 жыл бұрын
yeah
@lovedichoreo15298 жыл бұрын
Between infidelity, between their inaction once the infidelity is revealed, between their fear to confront their spouses etc
@clotildevivier86507 жыл бұрын
we often see them through bars and it looks like they're in a cage
@electricmiragemedia7 жыл бұрын
You could look at it as a double-closed frame: providing two-times the entrapment for the character as a regular closed frame.
@jimsy55306 жыл бұрын
The frames also need to be seen in conjunction with the rigid social norms of Chinese society, where family, face and reputation is paramount, even over ones' own suffering. Family is forever, whilst you are only one short stage in the timeline. The framing would have intensified that social aspect even further for a Chinese audience.
@achhuanarenthlei49724 жыл бұрын
Not a single kiss scene and the impact it has is just amazing
@danielamolina3747 Жыл бұрын
YES
@bigtex8991 Жыл бұрын
Its dope because we want to see them kiss so throughout the whole movie we are all waiting for it.
@grmgt9 ай бұрын
The yearning is OFF THE CHARTS lol!
@hammockguy9 ай бұрын
This is why after watching this movie I watch right after 2046.
@innuendoinc3 ай бұрын
Check out my rescore of In The Mood For Love kzbin.info/www/bejne/nofIdq2crsSWr9Esi=1ov1BbtQWprs5DUp
@shivzzi8 жыл бұрын
this movie is like an ultimate case of edging and then never really getting a release. So brutal yet beautiful
@samsand12954 жыл бұрын
not beautiful for the protagonist
@palm06074 жыл бұрын
I'm not putting myself through that kind of pain....
@ggthewhale4 жыл бұрын
Bruh
@wildonionchase39343 жыл бұрын
Unless you watch the deleted scenes
@HP_____3 жыл бұрын
Similar to the mathematical game of half distance of a half distance. It's always closer and closer but never reaching the destination.
@plica067 жыл бұрын
"The mere possibility of a connection, not the connection itself, is what sustains them now" .... wow, that is so sad.
@ADifferentVibe4 жыл бұрын
And it's actually more common in real life than one would like to admit. Gorgeous storytelling.
@fanrenfan14772 жыл бұрын
這問題很難,.那個年代..道德和別人的審視,讓他們無法跳出..
@flamingaish Жыл бұрын
living hell, it's very suffocating to be there
@zitronentee Жыл бұрын
Consider that there are much more romantic movies about 'get the guy/girl' than maintaining relationships.
@asderc19 жыл бұрын
Such an intelligent and innovative film, also one of the most beautiful color films I've ever seen.
@Nerdwriter19 жыл бұрын
asderc1 Agreed.
@tomatotalkies9504 жыл бұрын
@@Nerdwriter1 May I know the background music name? Please...
@maihuyen82244 жыл бұрын
@@tomatotalkies950 it's 'yumeji's theme' by shigeru umebayashi
@tomatotalkies9504 жыл бұрын
@@maihuyen8224 thank you so much!❤️
@suburbianmusic8 жыл бұрын
We ask questions in a way to listen to the answers we want.
@MoonAlongMyHead8 жыл бұрын
If only people were more aware of this n_n
@finback20057 жыл бұрын
by your logic our destiny is then predetermined by us subconsciously ?
@azaeldrm6 жыл бұрын
I personally wouldn't say our destiny par se, but the possibility of an outcome is predetermined by our subconscious mind.
@chelseavue72565 жыл бұрын
Noah Baumbach bro
@chelseavue72565 жыл бұрын
finback2005 I mean that's assuming we are omnipotent which we aren't lol you're going down an interesting path with that comment though, interesting.
@fontenelle62627 жыл бұрын
I feel like these frames were meant to symbolize intimacy as well as oppression. It's oppressive because Mrs Chan is afraid of what people will say if they see her together with Mr Chow so these two always stay within the frames but they can't ever break free (from their marriages or from social prejudices). And it's about intimacy too because when I see Mrs Chan and Mr Chow alone within another frame, I feel like what I'm doing is voyeurism. I'm intruding their intimacy. The viewer is basically an outsider but is also part of the movie.
@selty4 жыл бұрын
Yes and in the building you can often hear through the walls as well! You're constantly reminded of the ears behind the walls.
@sonhai62054 жыл бұрын
it’s exactly what i think
@pravinchandrapanchal14233 жыл бұрын
It's like mystic choice-lessly witnessing , object & subject , both jus simply without identify with self , that's true meaning of authentic life without any conditioning or prejudices or belief system as well , as well , their you are not part of happiness & pain or good & bad, right & wrong, friend & foe or birth & death either , their only possibly one can be eternally at peace with self & around in all it's naturalness & existential reality of true consciousness. Where their is eternal Ananda & Bliss & Divinity at its peak without death of self as well for ever... It's master piece to trigger to explore , Express & experience the mystic alchemy of each one's life , through certain mystical magical processes , Who all are feel reslly ready & ripe are welcome at no monetary cost at all but it's of highest value for sure.
@H_LINH94 Жыл бұрын
also Mrs. Chan beeing portrayed as retired/restrained (almost insistently from the beginning: through many scenes, like when Mrs Koo invited her many times to join them to dinner and she always refuses: Mrs Koo described Mrs Chan as very reserved); both of the 2 characters are very reserved... It could seem like "obvious" all the movie through, as we observe them, and even (quickly) understood their personnalities from the beginning on (and kind of easily admit it that asians are often reserved in their mindset/behaviour)... But their whole gesture, expressions/glances seem slow/sad/"insipid"... not to mention that they do not speak a lot. The (same) music speaks a lot... Nothing is opulent here: neither the characters, or even the decor (the hotel, work environment). All of it enhances the constrast between their first question "how did it begin/happen" (the relationship between their respective spouses) and the "void" (the silence/loneliness, their reserved mind, and the fact that they do not have a real obvious answer...). I love how paradoxically the silence let the characters "speak" or how Wong Kar Wai expresses the creation of their relatioship/love, adding some mysterious and romantic aspects to their "relationship". At the end, it is no more a question about how their relative spouses began a relationship, or how they (Mrs Chan and Mr Chow) connected and also beeing alduterous (so no repentance or clemency to any infidelity), but the mystic thing of how love begins... through little things, through details, and even silence. Not even in control, in languages and in propitious contexts. I do in a way, see it as kind of an ode for love. But this was not the whole/major meaning of the movie I think... Maybe the same element (silence) is also the ground for their lack of relationship. Unfortunately, the sad aspect of their separation does cover the beautiful side of the creation of love. Maybe someone sees something about the meaning of the movie? This whole song comes over and over in my head and this last scene, when Mr. Chow speaks in a tree hole does speak something that goes beyond my understanding...
@madmatt63432 жыл бұрын
« He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane. The past is someting he could see but not touch. And everything he sees is blurred and indistinct. » In the mood for love
@storyfrontier7 жыл бұрын
For me, the fact that the director and actors themselves made up the script on the fly is the most incredible part. Would have been intriguing to have been a fly on the wall in the making of this masterpiece
@jaydubya36988 жыл бұрын
Frames within frames (scrutiny by others), but also the extensive use of mirrors, reflections, and shadows. We often see the characters not as they are, but images of who they are. Which is what fantasy is: not the real thing, but a twist on the real thing. Also, mirrors are about examining the self, which is what these characters do. They are endless examining themselves, their relationship with themselves, and their relationships with their spouses.
@028prasath3 жыл бұрын
"The mere possibility of a connection, not the connection itself." One of the greatest quotes I've heard. I love your essays man. Keep doing it
@NotYourBiggestFan8 жыл бұрын
In the Spanish translation (and I'm guessing on the original version, as well) the characters would speak to each other by using pronouns in formal/respectful form; while switching to the familiar form during the re-enactment portions. This subtle touch frames the duality of the relationship between them even further by maintaining the proper social distance while being their "real" personas.
@RaymondHng8 жыл бұрын
+NotYourBiggestFan In Cantonese speech, there is no difference between the formal and familiar form of _you_. In Chinese written form, there is a difference. 你 = tú = you (familiar) 您 = usted = you (formal) But when spoken in Cantonese, they are both pronounced as "nei". In Mandarin, they are both pronounced as "ni".
@NotYourBiggestFan8 жыл бұрын
+RaymondHng Good to know, thanks! Interesting choice on the translator's part, then.
@angrybear8885 жыл бұрын
RaymondHng nope in mandarin it is pronounced nin in the second tone 您 not ni 你 in the third tone
@angrybear8885 жыл бұрын
The Chinese language do not have formal or familiar forms other than a few nouns, the way we express our emotions and tonality of the speech dictate the levels of familiarity
@octafluoride33685 жыл бұрын
@k ken 您 (Formal you) is relatively new word and came from Beijin version of 恁 (Plural You) around Yuan dynasty (元朝). So older language like Cantonese (粵) and Ming (閩) doesn't have it. As matter in fact early version of Kangxi Dictionary (康熙字典) also do not have the word 您. Also since Ming is less influenced by the other major languages when we speak we still use 汝 and only use 你 in writing.
@donnydanko27189 жыл бұрын
I'm always impressed by your insightful analyses, but I also want to say your use of language really amplifies the weight of your points. good work!
@sohailahmads6 жыл бұрын
I have seen this movie close to 20 times now. It's my one of fav movies. What makes it aesthetically beautiful is that there are fewer dialogues yet you get immersed in the story. Every frame of the movie looks like a painting. Such painstakingly beautiful movie. I badly wanted both the characters to hook up and get revenge on their respective cheating partners. But they did not and guess that's the beauty . 10/10 would watch again.❤️
@batchimegdamdindorj85573 ай бұрын
I’ve read that Wong War Kwai began shooting the film without a complete script and kinda went along with the flow he said he had the rough idea I think that’s exactly what makes his films so “real” and yet so artistic it feels real because it doesn’t feel rehearsed because actors probably didn’t get a script to memorize as the story unfolds and depending on the chemistry of actors and the artistic direction I feel a dialogue that’s written before in an isolated room will feel forced or fake but his films has this flow it’s so beautiful if I were to direct a film this is how I’d do it I see it as a top notch work
@mattsuperfreak9 жыл бұрын
I never really noted the complex significance of them portraying each other spouses, I thought it was just a way for them to cope. Thank you
@Nerdwriter19 жыл бұрын
matthew w Thank YOU.
@theroomnumber52109 жыл бұрын
Great analysis on this brilliant movie. Every few months, I come back to this movie and I am in awe of the movie for few hours before I am distracted by something else.
@Nerdwriter19 жыл бұрын
TheRoomNumber Awe is certainly the emotion I feel too.
@gregstark68428 жыл бұрын
+TheRoomNumber Melancholia is the only remedy for distraction, exaltation the only way towards passion, the journey the creation of art, the downfall the replenishing of all.
@andre992493 жыл бұрын
"'In the mood for love' is a gorgeous, quiet and painful exploration of what happens when the fantasy you create for yourself is a perverse one, when it only serves to keep you from confronting the pain that it was created to avoid". Indeed, such a relatable case.
@veronicapiper45074 жыл бұрын
i think the most interesting part of this is how their surveillance is mostly self-imposed. mrs chan even says it when she’s talking to mr chow, that they are probably being too cautious. and it’s true in a way. we never hear from any of the gossipers in question about mr chan and mrs chow. we just hear from mr chow and mrs chan that there is potential gossip. maybe they didnt need to be so careful, and if they werent, maybe they could have evolved past their simple ideation into real, genuine love.
@JessicaGrey3 жыл бұрын
totally agree with you
@onemillionpercent Жыл бұрын
great point, it shows though how Eastern society is
@jazzygypsy46112 жыл бұрын
This film probably had the biggest impact on my life as a amateur photographer in HK, inspiring me to love the city and the art in equal measures and in an interconnected manner. For me, each still is a lesson in composition. The framing, the reflections, the silhouettes and shadowplay, the vivid colours (red in particular), the low angles, the soft lighting, the blurred foregrounds (to name a few) - all adding to the magic of storytelling and evoking emotions so powerful and poignant that you can’t help but be in the mood for love (…for good cinema!)
@nellamollt824 жыл бұрын
I dream of rewatching with someone who could appreciate this film as I do.
@marvindujardin4633 жыл бұрын
Me too
@AdityaRaj_23182 жыл бұрын
Same
@HannibalLeonard2 жыл бұрын
Same
@rohanchaudhry89282 ай бұрын
I don’t know how long it’s been… I have tears in my eyes. Wong Kar-Wai, Christopher Doyle, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung…. Perfection.
@hueningkaj2 жыл бұрын
What we want is never what we can have for what we have is the reality. This film perfectly captures that feeling and the coming to realization of it all. It’s deeply personal to us all.
@nanettehayakawa762820 күн бұрын
This film was so beautifully executed through the camera's eyes and the story line was impeccably written, even though it was done without a script before the filming. It is a 10+ and I can certainly see how and why it was chosen at the Cannes Film Festival. Magnificent !
@Philokally7 жыл бұрын
"...painful exploration of what happens when the fantasy you create for yourself is a perverse one, which only serves to keep you from confronting the pain it was created to avoid." -- Nicely put, Nerdwriter. For more meta-cinematic "frames within frames" cf Sirk & Fassbinder
@kit937 жыл бұрын
Those last words, really touch me, it's frightening to see how we hide ourselves from truths, delay inevitable pain. Thank you so much for this video
@ashahariharan9957 Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful film it is. Something about pain feels beautiful when you love someone you can never have. Strange because you embrace that pain and never want to let it go - if it means having that person to yourself even in that way. Beautiful analysis. Thankyou
@7um3id3 жыл бұрын
me watching the first 4 minutes of your analysis, then pausing it to finish the movie made everything 10x times better. I noticed all the subtle details that I missed in my first watch and I'm so glad you put it all here. thank you.
@p_ttown1979 Жыл бұрын
on my 2nd attempt right now 🫡
@TheAngryMarshmallow8 жыл бұрын
I have never seen this film, yet at 6:00-6:35 the way you describe what happens in the film brings me to tears. it must be beautiful. I'm now set on watching it.
@leroyjoseph52986 жыл бұрын
The soundtrack brought me here.
@sanjeevkumarbauri23945 жыл бұрын
Have you watched it??? I asked because I wanted to know have you stuck in the movie..
@justintheowlman4 жыл бұрын
Did you ever watch the film ?
@ufoash10663 жыл бұрын
@@justintheowlman Why do you care...?
@cosmonaut426 жыл бұрын
“Everybody lives within fantasy within frames, sometimes the frames are made by us sometimes by others, sometimes we need to believe that those made by others are made by us. whatever the case there is no way out of the frame” couldn’t agree more.
@dismal-fire9 жыл бұрын
This was a really high-quality film analysis. This is one of my favorite movies and you did a really good job with this video; the best I've seen from this channel so far!
@rishivuppela48092 жыл бұрын
The realisation that they cannot be together even though they are perfect because that ultimately makes them their spouses breaks our hearts
@matth67628 жыл бұрын
This movie was awesome. It changed me. im not the one to like love stories either.
@SanguineThor8 жыл бұрын
It's not just about the love, thats what I, well, love. Its a common human connection seen in a way not graced by cinema often!
@matth67628 жыл бұрын
Hunter Isaac so true! The conclusion was unreal too. it was so sad but you get this sense of closure. such raw emotion.
@koko204677 жыл бұрын
Matt H Love is the container of excessive beauty of Maggie Cheung (Mrs Chan).
@explorerofunknownworlddept62326 жыл бұрын
+Yuen Leung she's too skinny 😄
@jazminmillanes91166 жыл бұрын
It changes me too
@rkt74145 жыл бұрын
I know this analysis is years old, but I still wanna post this comment on the most relevant video about this masterpiece of a movie: This movie effected me very deeply emotionally because it displayed my greatest fear: settling. Not settling *down...* just settling. I watched my parents do it, I watched my friends do it, I watched my relatives do it. They settled into marriages in which they're unhappy; they're abused, or cheated on, or just miserable, and my greatest fear is that I'll settle for a miserable love life just so that I can have any love life at all, and that I might realize that i *DID* settle far too late. I might feel real love after already being married to someone I'm indifferent to. And that's what happened to these characters. She's being cheated on, and she stays with her husband. It's doomed. It shattered me. I can't watch this movie more than once or twice in my life because it terrifies me.
@camilocarrillo21324 жыл бұрын
Years later I came to the OST after a 10 year breakup, most people didnt watch or understood the film and found the melody calming...Im petrified, haunted, trapped by it, its masochistic, its perverse, its terrifying.
@corneliahanimann21734 жыл бұрын
It helps to let go of this idea that there's one true love out there. This at first sounds bitter but it's not. You can choose who you want to spend your life with and not wait for verification by some symbol. True unconditional love exists between sisters or a mother with her children. But don't feel trapped by finding someone wasn't meant to be your one ans you're stuck with them, some relationships break apart and you can look back and beautiful memories and the idea that it could also have been nothing, but it was something, a dream, for some time.
@olivialee95834 жыл бұрын
you are too afraid, this fear mind set will not help you, you need to change how you think
@reoj58734 жыл бұрын
@@camilocarrillo2132 Sorry to hear about that man. That must be a horrible thing to go through.
@fairy56684 жыл бұрын
Good news for you if you're a straight woman - statistically, women are happier when they're single than when they're in heterosexual relationships
@catinheels888 жыл бұрын
Great choice of film! Hong Kong films are so underrated in the West despite it being one of the biggest film industries in the world!
@Paul_Villenave8 жыл бұрын
Quantity does not equal quality, but I hear what you're saying. Btw, Wong Kar Wai is definitely not underrated.
@koko204677 жыл бұрын
ladyjchow Thank you for saying good about hk. WKW is not a popular director for locals. People name him as an "export" director. His themes and scripts are frequently quoted as jokes.
@teh_tarik57915 жыл бұрын
u should check out Sam Hui's movies
@shesslucky4 жыл бұрын
classy.stache do you recommend any golden age HK films?
@stevelamwk4 жыл бұрын
@@shesslucky here is my personal favourite " Made in Hong Kong" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Hong_Kong_(film)
in the mood for love is one of my favorite movies. and it is not just the script but also the cinematography that makes it so eloquent. I took many screenshots when I watch the movie and one of my favorite scenes is the one in which Mrs Chan standing in front of an open window in a floral dress holding a floral glass cup. the colors are so pastel and serene but there are storms breaking out inside of her brain. this video makes me want to watch it again.
@akki0155 жыл бұрын
This movie was painfully breathtaking and every scene accompanied with that background score was both beautiful and heartbreaking.
@jackhigginbotham16549 жыл бұрын
Videos like this make me wish you were able to put out videos more often, they become like an event, in the same way I eagerly await Every Frame A Painting, I also eagerly await the Nerdwriter. Excellent, thought provoking stuff my friend, well done as always. Any chance you could list a few film recommendations?
@CallMeMrRook8 жыл бұрын
one of my all time favourite films... more than just a movie.. a story... when you described the frame within a frame, you put into words what i had in mind everytime i watch it..... how beautifully the scenes unfold, the expressions, the mood, the lighting... the weather... it is such an incredible piece of work... the frames creat timing for me... pace... a slow meander i feel...
@christopherlee31438 жыл бұрын
Can you do Chungking Express?
@connie22020027 жыл бұрын
Fallen Angels is my fave.
@kukuandkookie7 жыл бұрын
Ahhh it may be a year later now, but I'd still love to see a video on Chungking Express!!
@johnblackmouth7 жыл бұрын
kuku88 me too!!!!
@anyes13747 жыл бұрын
same xD
@frogloafff6 жыл бұрын
AND Happy Together!
@juancarlosmateo845310 ай бұрын
I enjoyed it. Both. The film very much. I bought the movie poster as a visual reminder for home but also I enjoyed this narration. The film is bitter sweet. But I would have also added that the male protagonist did show all the signs of trying to turn a lemon into lemonade! But also even though she played along with him it always looked to me a broken hearted Chinese woman who still loved her husband and also had a streak of old-fashioned integrity running through her which prevented her from just copying her husband’s infinitely. It was written all over the males face that all the work he had put into wooing her wasn’t going to succeed and he had failed in a conquest and so been rejected twice! First by his wife and now by her lovers wife. I don’t think any other actors could have made this film work as well as they did. But without the amazing very moving background music the film may have died! It is so evocative and mesmerising it helps make this film so great. Like the narrator I too was shocked to hear how they worked to create such a great film. Expecting such art to have been planned meticulously.
@seekan88 Жыл бұрын
It is a very poetic and romantic movie with unspoken yet intense love they have for each other. Love this film, a definite classic!
@brianmaggs87148 жыл бұрын
initially it was the music which drew me to watch this film "In The Mood". Then I was impressed by the photographic approach to scene filming. Very clever. We were the 'fly on the wall*, and the events established themselves by silence, mood and visual angles which often only showed part of the 'bigger scene.' Your terminology '"frame within a frame" was a good explanation of what I had also noticed, but which would not have been able to describe so succinctly! I must admit I didn't understand the first half (or third) of the movie, but when the situation became clearer, everything was brilliantly portrayed, i.e. the love that grows from shared time, but which is constrained by circumstances, and how each of the two people behave and attempt to handle the situation. Thanks for your analysis.
@shumyinghon4 жыл бұрын
i only started to appreciate this movie for what it is,, after watching over and over, on and off, over a few years - I guess I finally too settled in the right frame of mind and maturity to enable that to happen
@wainoxkatz11954 жыл бұрын
"Sometimes we need to believe that those, made by us, were made by others" - just beautiful
@RC-gt3lb3 жыл бұрын
For me the frame is not only observation but the symbol of unceasing restriction and the need for the characters to lead a picture-perfect existence. I think all these things come together to fuel that claustrophobic feeling
@tekina72 жыл бұрын
I keep coming back to this video time and again especially for the last part. If you ever take this down, it will be trauma like being in a storm. Thank you for penning this down and making a beautiful video for a beautiful film.
@MukeshKumarprotagonist9 жыл бұрын
Okay, this is was so fantastic to listen to, Mr Nerwriter sir, that I fear when I actually watch the film, it wouldn't possibly be any more moving. Stunned by these amazing 9 minutes.
@Nerdwriter19 жыл бұрын
Mukesh Kumar Please watch the film!
@phaedrus97999 жыл бұрын
+Nerdwriter1 That was a really tight 9 minutes. I almost didn't click b/c usually these film analysis vids sound like they were done by bitter film school dropouts. But I stayed all the way through! I have seen the film- twice- I own it in fact. But I'm going to have to give it a 3rd go now. You exegesis is compelling :D
@mcrazza4 жыл бұрын
ITMFL is such a sumptuous film. I absolutely love the period correct fashion, sets/locations, music, objects... EVERYTHING. Christopher Doyle's cinematography alone is top class.
@lancelovecraft59139 жыл бұрын
Wow great recommend
@Nerdwriter19 жыл бұрын
Lance Lovecraft Cheers!
@RafireRocksNRules8 жыл бұрын
+Nerdwriter1 Hey man, where are the subtitles? English isn't the native language of many people that watch this. At least, put the english subtitles. Greetings.
@nicp23447 жыл бұрын
Nerdwriter1 have you ever thought of reviewing pen ek ratanarouang he's worked with Chris Doyle and he's my favorite director
@kidcal7 жыл бұрын
You can turn on auto-generated English subtitles in the settings in the bottom right menu of the screen. Hope this helps.
@abihail7 жыл бұрын
I love this movie, it's one of my favorites. I love the timing of the movie, how sometimes uses slow motion, to enhance the moments of solitude or company of each other.
@asianrapper10009 жыл бұрын
This is so fantastic! I would love to hear your comments on the seemingly offput ending! To me, it seemed like a play on how though chan and cheung's encounter was a fantasy and has become history, it's about honoring that moment that they had with each other and that even though they moved on with their lives, they can always remember that past like a broken down historical monument. It's definitely an ambiguous one but I think it was perfect in that it really made me go backwards in the movie to find out why it would be there - literally, as a viewer, revisiting the history of the movie itself. Cheers! I had to bump up my patreon support because of this (:
@mermaidtingzzz6 жыл бұрын
I watched this video about a year ago and have had this movie in the back of my mind ever since. I finally got my hands on it and literally just finished watching it. It's absolutely stunning. Thank you for helping expose people like me to such beautiful art and storytelling!
@canweng55468 жыл бұрын
Desires are already memories...
@HiddenHandMedia8 жыл бұрын
After two years of living in one, I just had my fantasy become reality and crumble before my eyes. The exact same things happened to me. I missed connections with others subconsciously waiting and leaving room for this other person to return. We met and it started just as I wanted. We kissed, we hugged, we loved, we cried and because of that meeting we can no longer talk, see or be in each others presence. It's like a punch in the balls to realize all of this time waiting for that moment for us to finally come together that in doing so it is the cause of us never being able to be together again.
@zentouro9 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful. Inspired me to dig thru old hard drives and find the paper i had written exploring the similarities and differences between this and several of Wang Kar Wai's other films.
@Nerdwriter19 жыл бұрын
***** That sounds interesting. You should share it with all of us.
@cnl12139 жыл бұрын
I used to watch Wong Kar Wai movies over and over just for cathartic feels. I didn't kno what it all meant but it feels good after you watch it. Thanks for putting words of analysis behind these images.
@JuriAmari8 жыл бұрын
I love Wong Kar Wai's work. If you enjoyed ITMFL, you'll definitely enjoy 2046. Thank you so much for your commentary! Jared from Wisecrack/Thug Notes sent me here and I'm glad he did. :) It also would be interesting to see commentary about interconnectivity in film universes, esp. by the same director. With the exception of the Grandmaster, Wong Kar Wai's characters occupy the same space even if it's "decades" between stories.
@JuriAmari8 жыл бұрын
Another one you should check out is Happy Together. It feels so organic yet deliberate @ the same time.
@nextpage35358 жыл бұрын
Oh, yes - it was very vivid, too. Another amazing movie!
@afkkkkkkable7 жыл бұрын
Sille Pille h
@explorerofunknownworlddept62326 жыл бұрын
+Ash yes, I noticed too, room # 2064. The director's another 《2064》, starring Meggie, Tony, Zhang Ziyi (she's too skinny in dressing Qipao either).
@coltoncampbell93863 жыл бұрын
Amazing take on this film. Just watched this a couple weeks ago and then saw this today. Wong’s films need to be seen by a larger number of people, I have seen 4 of them and he has become one of my favorite directors in all of film.
@NicholasDobbie9 жыл бұрын
Dude I love your work, I was inspired by you to start my own stuff. Your ideas are always very in-depth, so well thought out and really fresh. Please don't stop doing videos your one of the best and most interesting channels on KZbin!
@Nerdwriter19 жыл бұрын
Nicholas Dobbie I will not stop. Support if you can!
@NicholasDobbie9 жыл бұрын
Nerdwriter1 I'll see if I can, you deserve it!
@rabbitfishtv7 жыл бұрын
Bravo. Wonderful, compassionate analysis. Of course, having the world's most gorgeous cinematic images behind your words does help.
@jannsse9 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, man! In the Mood For Love is probably my favorite film of the 2000-2015 era (only PTA's The Master is able to somewhat rival it) and you did a great job of exploring the fim's beauty and exposing aspects of its depth. Great stuff! Keep on doing what you do. A Belgian fan.
@Nerdwriter19 жыл бұрын
jannsse Good to have a fan in Belgium!
@토마스앤더슨폴7 жыл бұрын
jannsse You have the same movie taste as I do. My favorite two movies are also "The Master" and "In the Mood for love"
@neeravnaik Жыл бұрын
Such a gorgeous movie. Another thing the framing did was evoke strong nostalgia by always including the environment along with the characters. Such beautiful art direction transporting us back in time in such a visceral way showing details of rooms and texture and Color’s of walls and surfaces.
@gonzalocabuche21244 жыл бұрын
I finished watching the movie recently, I've already seen two wong kar wai movies before, "Fallen angels" and "chungking express" and I have to say that everything he does is excellent and beautiful
@DoctorJammer4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite films. A way I know if a movie is great is if the movie lingers with me long after I saw it. This can manifest as me remembering scenes, contemplating the meaning of the film, or just remembering the feelings I experienced watching. In the Mood for Love was one such films.
@lianrose889 жыл бұрын
thank you so much for this!! in the mood for love has always been one of my favourite films i grew up watching, and every time i go back to it, its magic spells a different reason for why I'm so intrigued by its beauty and complexity. your fantastic video wants me to put myself through this addictive cycle all over again! i was interested if you have watched tampopo or wings of desire; would love to know what you think of them!!
@Nerdwriter19 жыл бұрын
lianrose88 Haven't seen either, but I'll check them out.
@lianrose889 жыл бұрын
i think you'll really enjoy them! both great films!!
@drunkvegangal80897 жыл бұрын
Wings of Desire! Saw it in a privately-owned cinema which are now, sadly, almost all gone. $2.50 for a double bill of second-run films on Monday night; the old skool theatre had red velvet drapes, NO commercials(!), an electric clock above each of the two-side-screen incandescent exit signs, and a 1930s tiled lobby selling small boxes of popcorn rather than tubs :D Blade Runner and Wings of Desire bookmarked my 1980s influential cinematographic life...till INMfL swept me off my feet. lianrose88, I am so thrilled you watched WofD. As an original 80s goth - I still adore Nick Cave
@huntrrams7 жыл бұрын
The cinematography of this film is so beautiful and smooth. I can see Wong Kar Wai influence in the American TV show Mad Men (See its final shots for each episode).
@LaWendeltreppe5 жыл бұрын
Excellent analysis! I think there are only few films that require so much maturity to watch. And that is so full of symbolism and details. You can watch it 10 times, each time with the focus on some other thing, like her cheongsams, the colour scheme, the slow-mo, the music, the rain, the food, the rooms etc.. What do you make of the omnipresent clocks?
@cielo_ciel_2 жыл бұрын
'Time' is THE constant theme of all Wong's films. 1960s for Days of Being Wild, In the Mood for Love, 2046 (which fictionally jumping to the future), 1990s for Chungking Express and Fallen Angels, 'out of time' in Ashes of Time... There's always an omnipresent clock in his films signifying the concept of time how it changes the environment and characters.
@kecapmanis41918 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous movie. Tension, frustration, emotional undercurrent. Maggie's hairdo and costumes are fantastic, beautiful fabric and impeccable cut.
@girlscarf8 жыл бұрын
This video helped me get an A- on my film paper at USC so thank you so much.
@onthestreet43507 жыл бұрын
Aeime I too wrote a review on this film in creative writing paper during my Masters degree and got appreciation from my teacher.
@goliaboi6 жыл бұрын
but did you cite
@cris_here5 жыл бұрын
goliaboi lmao probably not
@sankaloksen94483 жыл бұрын
shigeru umebayashi is the composer
@MirroredReality3 жыл бұрын
@o o the song is Hua Yang De Nian Hua by Zhou Xuan - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGbQm6OoqNJnqK8
@iwantsifegold Жыл бұрын
I love the honesty of your video and how articulate it is.
@radbunnie22978 жыл бұрын
I saw this when I was 18 and it messed me up. I didn't know how intense this movie was untill I watched it again and again.
@VoodooAsparagus7 жыл бұрын
I got 30 seconds into this video, paused, and watched the entire film, then came back to this. Thank you so much.
@lawrencemurphy20656 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite films. Best film review ever.
@katherin45455 жыл бұрын
I thinks it’s about the 8th time I am rewatching your video. I have been a fan of the movie since it came out, but I am fascinated how deeply and truly you have managed to explain the cinematography and aesthetics of the film. So delicate, so respectful. Thank you very much for doing what you are doing! Kate
@delizade5 жыл бұрын
In 2003 when I was at art school in Istanbul, this film was shown us for cinematography. This film -I don't know why, still- effected me a lot. A lot that changed me. My relationship effected, my education as well. May be that was just a push maybe it was not related to this film... This film is something else for me. So, special thank you to review this piece. It really helped me to solve its effects.
@susaedu368Ай бұрын
This movie is a masterpiece. Doesn’t miss a beat even after decades, and it will always be that perfect.
@kimeiga8 жыл бұрын
wow, I almost cried from this review!
@Mana-tp7ju4 жыл бұрын
same.
@MAronson9 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant! ARGH! So spot on. You might even consider what the eyelines in the film mean, when they cross, when the look directly into each other's eyes, and when the eyelines are utterly nonsensical. There is much more to be said about this film, but framing this around the ahem framing was a perfect entry point. Thank you for this!
@Nerdwriter19 жыл бұрын
Michael Aronson Oh my god there are so many things to say about this movie. I had a few more sections in here that I took out because they were just too tangential, and I wanted the piece to cohere around the framing point (which I think the is the key thing). Thanks for the comment.
@MAronson9 жыл бұрын
Nerdwriter1 My pleasure. I occasionally write for Cinefix. Filmschool'd, What's the Difference, and I'm always looking to push my critical analyses as far as possible despite the sardonic tone of the channel. Keep up the good work, I for one am a huge fan.
@knoore5 жыл бұрын
It’s one of the most memorable melancholic films ever made! You’re under it’s shadow afterwards _
@himanggautam8024 Жыл бұрын
The scene where Mr. Chow "confesses" to Mrs. Chan and then they part ways only for it to be another one of their rehearsals was just brilliant
@antidiscourse45045 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful “love” stories i’ve ever seen. Great analysis, thanks for this.
@QuibblesTheMooKitten9 жыл бұрын
I love watching these because they get me excited about something new to watch, and then I go back and watch it again to see how my own experience is similar and how it differs from yours. Excellent video.
@Nerdwriter19 жыл бұрын
Edward Reardon If I get anybody to go out and watch In The Mood For Love, I've succeeded.
@ChristopheCousinOSS1178 жыл бұрын
Your wonderful resumé gave me similar creeps to watching the movie ( which I did half a dozen times )...Bravo !
@estherrockett35347 жыл бұрын
I love the Angkor Wat scene, how it departs from urban Hong Kong to his whisperings of yearning into an ancient ruin. Made me fall in love with Angkor and yearn to go there and do the same thing... Thank you for choosing this beautiful film.
@crawfish76996 жыл бұрын
the last escene was painfully gorgeous
@tobiasdarknubb66857 жыл бұрын
this is the saddest nerdwriter video i have watched. very close to tears hearing my own thoughts repeated at me. ive never seen this film and i dont know if i could bear watching it. the truth that you speak of, of using others to try to forget the betrayal of the ones you love is a true and unbelievably painful human trait. im just trying to be a better parson at this point, never perfect but always asking more of what i could be. thanks for the vid. this one hit me in the heart.
@MooCowG7 жыл бұрын
tobias darknubb do yourself the favor and watch the film. it's been a favorite of mine for years. Subtle and beautiful with music that can make my heart ache
@derekwan6344 жыл бұрын
My all time favorite, definitely a masterpiece!
@bigtex8991 Жыл бұрын
I just finished the film like 10 minutes ago and wow. Knife straight to the heart at the end.
@bioarv1119 жыл бұрын
My god your analysis is downright amazing. Thank you so much for making this and keep up the good work!
@vincemukiiri67699 жыл бұрын
I love that when watching these kind of videos, at first I'm like "Wait, how did he even notice such details?" and then I'm like "OMG, that makes so much sense!". Thanks for the brilliant videos!
@Nerdwriter19 жыл бұрын
Vincent Mukiiri Love those reactions.
@0axel0788 жыл бұрын
Great movie! Very under-rated. Lots of people just write it off as a beautifully-shot above-average romantic drama.
@Paul_Villenave8 жыл бұрын
(I know this comment is 2 months old, but I can't help it.) UNDER-RATED ?! HA HA HA ! ITMFL is EVERYTHING but underrated. Have a simple look online and you'll see that it is extremely appreciated.
@zoemcleod59983 жыл бұрын
This is such a brilliant analysis! I watched this film for the first time the other day after wanting to for years, and I was enthralled by it, but when it ended I couldn't help like I'd missed something, or a lot of things. This video helped explain that feeling and made me appreciate the film more. Thank you! :)
@FilmDrunkLoveVideos9 жыл бұрын
A fantastic analysis of a fantastic film. Your videos are some of the best on KZbin! Keep up the amazing work!
@Nerdwriter19 жыл бұрын
***** Cheers, Film-Drunk Love.
@baddayfilms9 жыл бұрын
It was crushing last week to hear The Dissolve was finished. But thankfully we have ,along with Tony Zhou, you sir! Thanks for the wonderful film analysis.
@Nerdwriter19 жыл бұрын
Gregory Day Yea, gutted by the Dissolve's dissolution.
@A.chromat8 жыл бұрын
ugh. This movie broke my heart. In the best way. It was the most opulent yet restained movie I've ever seen.
@Maros_Mari5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this essay, and it even inspired me to watch this movie sooner than I intended. It is amazing piece of art, with its slow pace, mood, and the theme of desire, longing and unfulfilled dreams it resonates so much. I want to thank you for your effort on this one, good work.