香港.夜 | Wong Kar-wai inspired Hong Kong Night ft. Happy Together 1997 | [𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝒏𝒐𝒘.]

no one does longing like him. a mini short film? cinematic vlog? of hong kong streets at night, inspired by wong kar wai's cinematography. a little less dreamy a little more air pollution
my favorite movie of 王家衛 is Happy Together 春光乍洩 (1997), with Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung trapped in Buenos Aires, and cinematographer Christopher Doyle. it's got such a range of stills and imagery beyond the usual night/neon aesthetic that grip me. and of course the upside down shots of hong kong - despite being a small segment, reveals plenty on the conflicted yearning for home that we never see. i typically shoot in daylight (for a mash of that wes anderson vibe) but there's something quite different about it now
(maybe i should've added some black and white monochrome shots BUT some of the raw footage had gorgeous colors w/o colorgrading..)
camera: canon g7x mark iii and my samsung (if u notice the quality drop lol)
video editing, colorgrading software: adobe premiere pro
my instagram, where i'll post updates and ongoing projects including photography stuff: / sal_alembroke
other hk short films if u can call it that
[part 1] • 北半球聖誕 . 香港（上）| short f...
[part 2] • 聖誕 後: cinematic vlog, ...
[part 3] • hong kong 香港 3/3 (if ...
How to Film like Wong Kar-wai (or, a video essay homage to wong kar wai's lens): • how to be 'Inspired by...
quoted / subtitled from maybe one of the best written novels (which I feel is like if Wes Anderson made a Wong Kar wai film / Happy Together) - 'A Single Man' (1964), Christopher Isherwood:
"But now isn’t simply now. Now is also a cold reminder: one whole day later than yesterday, one year later than last year. Every now is labeled with its date, rendering all past nows obsolete, until - later of sooner - perhaps - no, not perhaps - quite certainly: it will come."
🎹 music:
Misty - Lesley Gore (slowed ver.) • Misty by Lesley gore b...
What A Difference A Day Makes - Dinah Washington (as seen in Chungking Express, 1994 film soundtrack)
thank u
#wongkarwai #hongkong #happytogether

[@chemicalchaos]

ur wkw inspired hk films make me want to go to film school and not give up on my dreams

[@sal_alembroke]

dude you have no idea how much this means to me. go for it!!! 💘

[@Face2East]

Watching this puts a smile to my face thinking of the happiness watching the Wong Kar-wai movies. Personally I think you have really captured the style with Chris Doyle, particularly in Chungking Express and Fallen Angels. Now, if you can get Maggie Cheung out of retirement to appear in your next movie then my heart would burst into a fountain of bewildering joy!

[@johnbatman4240]

Lovely. Reminded me of chungking express.

[@ANobodysHerstory]

I love your style of filming so much! You make every shot look so interesting!

[@sal_alembroke]

thank you so much omg i appreciate that 💓

[@jho97]

This video has given me life time of serotonin ❤ one of my favourite video on youtube hands down 🙌🏻 thank you for putting such effort on filming and editing this masterpiece 🎥

[@writershootsfilm]

I so want to go to HK now. Beautiful work! 🥹🫰🎞️

[@sal_alembroke]

thank you so much again !! 🥰

[@Illyanams]

I'm in love with these kinds of videos

[@ArnoldGia]

The colors and song choice was such a good pick!

[@boyanaplamenova8325]

idk how this video found me but it reminded me to dream

[@mytussdiego]

Greetings from Misiones Argentina, the lands of the Iguazu falls

[@intriestodofilms]

that's so beautiful..

[@Chxrgerifle]

2:19 gives me a strong Matrix vibe. I love the style, keep it up.

[@sal_alembroke]

I'm so flattered!! thank u >:)

[@오준환-p2j]

beautiful video.....!!!

[@atk0115]

Very nice film.

[@lincolnroad3]

Beautiful 👏👏👏👏

[@thomasmaley9952]

very cool nice and pretty 👍👍👍👍

[@roberthenderson4466]

A MUST WATCH HK MOVIE 1988 ROUGE. .........A MOVIE ABOUT DEEP LOVE.......AND WHEN YOU LOSE IT.........WATCH IT TO THE END........

[@zenolord2242]

absolutely beautiful, you should try film with a camcorder, i feel it will capture in the style you desire :)

[@iwasacat]

잘 보고 가요! 홍콩의 야경과 salut의 작업에 건배를!🤡

[@sal_alembroke]

thank you :)

[@anotherjoselucas]

everybody is taller than Pacino

[@pizzamacaroni2]

u should try 4:3 ratio

[@ShiXerDL]

Firm

[@TheGoldenDonuttt]

[@cheungsam9595]

Hong Kong is no longer that beautiful Hong Kong before 1997

[@yjc6483]

They were also filming you when you were filming the streets

[@非盫]

fun need go pee！