1. The Brilliant and Dramatic Evolution of Cinema
HONG KONG AUTEUR WONG KAR-WAI Essay Question: What is the specialty of Wong Kar-wai and his auteur films? How can we assess his films? INTRODUCTION Wong Kar-wai, a Hong Kong film auteur, has an exceptional style in that he creates highly individual art films in a very commercial market. His working style is so freshly innovative that in Ashes of Time every actor received their own scripts a few hours before each day's filming. In Fallen Angels, for example, Takeshi Kaneshiro had to massage a pig's carcass without knowing why whilst playing this difficult rol...