DIRECTOR'S+PROJECT

__**Description of stylistic elements that your director is known for:**__

- all his films have common themes: loneliness; a deep sense of loss and a nostalgic regret for things past that can never be recovered. - memory and nostalgia are Wong's twin obsessions - adjectives people use to describe his films: isolated, abandoned, rejected, outcast, lonely, gloomy, sad, depressed, desolate, forlorn, down, blue. - Wong Kar Wai’s films always consist a deeply drenched tone - Wong Kar Wai's films have nostalgic artsy styles - audience say his films are romantic - after watching his films, people usually get a sense of emptiness - people say that the atmosphere Wong created is sometimes more attractive than the story itself - long shot of the setting at the beginning and the ending of the film - music (jazz, blues) - make the audience feel empty which connects to the aloofness. - symbols (clocks, phones) - settings are always Hongkong and Shanghai (since he grew up in these two cities) - familiar images and props - cigarettes - show aloofness - slow motion and match cuts - the color of his films is sometimes vibrant and colorful with all the neon lights. There are also times that the film has a blue tone color with low key lighting. - the use of hand-held camera, unusual shooting angles, the frequent use of close ups and camera movements.

__**Resources:**__ Tracking the Elusive Wong Kar-wai Shelly Kraicer Cinéaste, Vol. 30, No. 4 (FALL 2005), pp. 14-15 Published by: __ [|Cineaste Publishers, Inc] __ Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41689900

"Senses of Cinema – Wong Kar-wai."//Senses of Cinema//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2013. .

"Wong Kar-wai." //Strictly Film School//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2013. .