Why Are Wong Kar-wai Films So Dreamy?

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Have you ever watched a Wong Kar-wai film and wondered why it looks so familiar? You're not alone. Like a déjà vu, Wong Kar-wai films have a unique sense of timelessness that always make the experience nostalgic and dreamy for the audience. What many don't know is how meticulously everything is planned and shot (to cause such an effect).
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Extra Credits:
Korean blog post about Chungking Express (in Korean):
m.blog.naver.com/doar0605/220...
This site was extremely inspiring, not just in analyzing certain scenes from Chungking Express, but also in organizing the script for this painfully long video.
Timestamp
0:00 Introduction
1:18 Déjà vu
1:46 1. Time: Voice over & Subjectivity
2:58 In the Mood for Love
4:32 Time flow & Ashes of Time
5:53 Days of Being Wild
7:26 2. Time: Symbols
8:58 Camera & Editing
10:05 3. Time: Step Printing
11:17 Manipulated Speed
11:42 Déjà vu
12:04 Chungking Express Part 1
13:12 Pineapples
14:09 4. Space
14:48 Eyes
15:52 Perspective Shifts
17:04 Space Carries Time
17:32 Jumpcuts
18:08 Chungking Express Part 2
19:07 Time vs Space
19:29 CHEF'S SALAD
19:51 DREAM
20:55 Timing VS Habit
22:52 Reality
23:23 5. Daydream
24:28 Thank you
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@SpikimaMovies 2 жыл бұрын

I'm still dreaming. What's your favorite WKW film? Also, restored versions of WKW films are available in select countries on MUBI! Get extended 30 day free trial at mubi.com/spikimamovies

@georgeezra1225 2 жыл бұрын

Fallen angels for sure!!

@user-dk9my1hk2i 2 жыл бұрын

@@georgeezra1225 better than chunking express?

@georgeezra1225 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-dk9my1hk2i imo yes because i really like the mute guy’s story

@YoungD0894 2 жыл бұрын

Days of being wild is greatest film ever

@user-dk9my1hk2i 2 жыл бұрын

@@georgeezra1225 you made me watch it and enjoyed it alot. Thanks!

@babadook4404 2 жыл бұрын

I used to think they were dreamy because of Tony Leung 🥰 but you make great points

@SpikimaMovies 2 жыл бұрын

200%. I say that's the only reason, but that'd make the video 5 seconds in length so I decided to expand on it. ;)

@beauishere 2 жыл бұрын

Frrr

@bradavon 2 жыл бұрын

Tony Leung is dreamy in everything.

@fernandohinojosa3211 2 жыл бұрын

Tony Leung is too much for me

@moovi_by.anshuman 2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more XDDDDD

@teddomingo6676 2 жыл бұрын

Chungking Express is my personal favorite, I love the idea of not having a continous plot to tie the whole movie, it's one story of random characters, there's sadness and melancholic about it that it's hard to explain why.

@Enzo-wx3vw Жыл бұрын

In my opinion, it's very close to our daily lives compared to newer movies. A person who is In love, a person who works at a restaurant, some you saw at a bar couldn't forget about they person, someone you loved suddenly leaves you, people enjoy talking to their neighbors, you waking up getting ready for work, eating lunch, and suddenly it starts raining after leaving work and you bumped into a girl. These are some of the elements in won Kar Wai's movies, his movies shows daily lives stories of different types of people.

@sakuranovaryan9261 Жыл бұрын

I just came from I'm cyborg and it's ok and he featured as tears go by 1998. And the camera angles were so breath taking. I'm gonna watch the movie u suggested as well. It's so interesting to watch a new film

@Earendel.l Жыл бұрын

True. CE never quiet left my mind. There's something so nostalgic about it.

@vb2388 2 жыл бұрын

The opening sequence (along with the music) for Chungking Express is to date the most beautiful sequence I ever watched..

@ASHAWNLEEFILM 2 жыл бұрын

I dont neccassarily agree, what makes you love the sequence?

@clava7351 2 жыл бұрын

sure, truly masterful use of the low frame-rate; only threw up twice😍😍😍😍

@bradavon 2 жыл бұрын

@@ASHAWNLEEFILM you don't necessarily agree or you don't necessarily disagree?

@candy5107 Жыл бұрын

California dreamin song 😍

@abhishekshekhar9116 Жыл бұрын

@@candy5107 bro can you suggest me good movies like this...

@pervertt Жыл бұрын

The ending quote from "In the Mood for Love" tells me so much about Wong Kar Wai and how he sees life and time. “He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane, the past is something he could see, but not touch. And everything he sees is blurred and indistinct.”

@JohnWoo 2 ай бұрын

It's too bad that the second half of the quote was mistranslated. The second half of the quote actually says: "He has been missing everything in the past, if he can run through that piece of dusty glass, he will go back to the long gone years"

@pervertt 2 ай бұрын

@@JohnWoo The difference between the Chinese vs English postscript may have been intentional. Just as the movie title is different between the English and Chinese versions. Language is complicated and meaning is sometimes lost in a direct translation.

@hollywooddarling 2 жыл бұрын

WKW has a lot of imitators but his ability to embrace change and serendipity is what makes his films so special. He is able to adapt and change his stories when he sees what happens on the camera. He doesn't need his films to follow his script. In fact, if people know anything about his films, is that he often never has a fixed script and changes his endings. He's used this as an analogy for how he makes films: “You plant a tree in the garden and you expect it will be a perfect tree. But then something happens, maybe a storm blows off a branch-- like when Leslie had to leave early when we were shooting Happy Together, and then you realize that it no longer looks the way you expected. So to regain balance in your garden, you plant a bush over here”-- he scribbled one on the right of the tree-- “but for some reason it doesn’t grow as well as you like, so you plant a flower over here and one over there, but only one is really nice, so you dig up the other one. And you keep doing this. Then, at some point you stop, and if you’re lucky, what you have will be beautiful. It won’t be what you expected, but the garden will still be beautiful.”

@alexsandrahoyos8429 Жыл бұрын

mamador a

@sapphic.flower 2 жыл бұрын

I watched In The Mood For Love, my friend says it's good for people wanting to learn about film-making so now I know I'm just too stupid for good movies because I didn't understand what was happening lol. Despite it, I found it really captivating and I want to get into Wong Kar-wai's films and properly be able to appreciate them.

@Rahul-ow8qz 2 жыл бұрын

Wong Kar-wai's films aren't supposed to be understood; they are only meant to be felt. His films are disjointed images that work as motifs for the film's themes- like the colour red used in ITMFL, or the dumpling corridor scene- they made me feel the sexual tension between the lead characters.

@headphonic8 2 жыл бұрын

I also couldn't tell wtf was happening. Like yeah I got the gist of it but the sets were really confusingly similar.

@mr.anitabonghit 2 жыл бұрын

It took a second watch after a few months and I understood it better... I wasn't crazy about it on first watch.

@neilgcu 2 жыл бұрын

wong kar wai loves to use metaphors in his films. that's why it's really hard to understand. and it wasn't meant to be a STORY. i think wkw hates plot, like he just wants to show what he wants to, what he feels, what he's thinking.. and stop worrying about how will the story go, cause at the end of the day. the viewers are the only one who can perceive the message. wkw is only the sender, and you are the receiver.

@valleyofthedolls 2 жыл бұрын

same i think im too dense to understand good films :')

@frankkwanlee2836 Жыл бұрын

Chunking Express is enchanting, especially the actress Faye Wong. She is absolutely the unique one.

@PorcelainxMe 2 жыл бұрын

His movies pretty much change how I view things in life. Every movie is an ethereal piece of beauty and chaos coexisting. Also great commentary breaking down the finer points of the mastery. I used to watch his movies for the beauty, but the analyzation provides a new depth to appreciating the movies.

@CultureDTCTV 2 жыл бұрын

Great video essay. Fallen Angels is one of my favorite films of all times

@AS-og6sj 2 жыл бұрын

It's one of my favorites as well. No matter how many times I rewatch it, that ending scene always takes my breath away.

@pagethreemodel Жыл бұрын

I think about that Fallen Angels all the time. For me it is psychedelic, funny and mournful all in one. His films really make me long for something. Happy Together had me in bits.

@suibianslaopo 2 жыл бұрын

I am absolutely in love with Wkw's movies after watching in the mood for love BUT can we a take a moment to appreciate how beautifully you broke down nd presented this in front of us.

@vanillalaamor 2 жыл бұрын

I cry every time watching Happy Together 😭 It's such an emotional masterpiece.

@Manmade023 2 жыл бұрын

in the mood for Love is one of THE most beautiful movie I've ever watched.truly timeless and exceptional performance done by the actors.

@131 2 жыл бұрын

wong kar-wai is my favourite director. his unique cinematography and storytelling creates an incredible atmosphere i can’t help but wish i could live in.

@littleyukibigheart 2 жыл бұрын

Happy Together is my favorite WKW film. Dare I say, probably my favorite of all time... Also, I love this video - it's the first really good one I've seen on WKW's cinema. Thanks!

@zwestlich6587 2 жыл бұрын

It is interesting watching someone analysis the director's method and technique instead of the movies themselves, especially with wong's works. Most people turned to focus more on the story he's trying to tell instead of how he delivery the story.

@judefensterheim4779 2 жыл бұрын

I loved Chungking express so I watched Fallen angels yesterday and it's fantastic. The daydreamy, transitory quality reminded me of Richard Linklater's 'Slacker'.

@MG-ro5jj 2 жыл бұрын

The last tango in Happy Together will be forever branded in my memories. I love his work, thanks for talking about it

@ThirdProletariat 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I watch his movies the feeling of nostalgia is unlike anything else

@miguelm2055 2 жыл бұрын

You made me cry. Thanks for the vid. I really love Wong Kai and fully enjoyed your script. Keep going!

@Coelacantha 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite channels on KZfaq, Thank you for taking the time to write such an in-depth analysis of these films! This channel has helped me discover a lot of movies and directors that I would have never come across otherwise👍✨

@forestvvoods577 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, he's one of my favourite directors but it's hard to see people talking about his work, feels relieving to see him in the conversation and just how his work feels and is...

@zayydotcom 2 жыл бұрын

Fav director oat! Can’t wait to watch after school

@m47kr3nt0n Жыл бұрын

You could almost taste the sourness of loneliness in Takeshi Kaneshiro's canned pineapples and Tony Leung's chef salads.

@darrel604 9 күн бұрын

"...the root of Man's problems is memory." A line that I repeatedly find myself coming back to.

@picanha694 Жыл бұрын

I love that chungking express reminds me of my visit to hongkong in the 90s. I just love the feeling that the movie gave me.

@gaokevin8761 Жыл бұрын

Your editing of the video is also mesmerizing in its reorganization of the shots from Wong's films. Your analysis of the shot where Tony Leung washes off the blood in Happy Together is illuminating: the end of an era and the beginning of another! This is such an insightful observation that deepens the film's allegorical meaning of 1997.

@streterttrrttrr356 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video, I love your analysis on WKW's works.

@lurpi5631 2 жыл бұрын

I love your video and thoughts!. No matter how many times i've watched a Kar Wai film i felt the same "dreamy feeling". As and argentinian girl i feel nothing but proud of being living in one of the places who Wong have decide to film one of his amazing movies. ♥

@fuccbui Жыл бұрын

I fell in love with Happy Together ever since I first saw it, I hope to visit the city that it was shot in one day!!!

@lurpi5631 2 ай бұрын

@@fuccbui You will be welcomed with open arms, I guarantee it to you. :)

@RafaelOrtizPhotography 7 ай бұрын

don't know why this came up on my feed 'cause I never heard of Wong Kar-wai, but i'm glad it did.

@neonafterdark4208 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! Really inspiring in writing this love-letter assignment to a favorite filmmaker that's due tomorrow. Cheers!

@Elemtree 2 жыл бұрын

Fallen Angels is the best music video I ever watched

@1213chio 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are gripping and beautifully crafted. The commentary is eloquent and insightful. Lovely. Well done,

@jazzycoffeebie 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know how to start not to sound too much, I've watched your videos and your recommendations and cinematographic taste is impeccable. There is something about cinephiles that makes them so attractive to me. I loved this WKW video and keep on with the good videos 🤩

@user-ov7zl3ee3v 2 жыл бұрын

Ohh thank you for such content. His films is stunning but not because of the visual, it's because the visual highlights feeling and situations in really interesting way

@_femto_101 Жыл бұрын

I love rewatching your videos, also I love how you cover a lot of asian films. It's nice to see international films get recognition. Honestly I have a few international films that would be in my top 5

@profaneyo-yo7587 Жыл бұрын

Great video! And also it's important that his film, though being so dreamy, never became chaotic in storytelling. I've seen so many student's short films, being affected by WKW but didn't really get the point, ended up being just chaotic and full of murmurs without telling a story.

@popojelly1895 Жыл бұрын

Yes, WKW is so articulate when it comes to emotions, never half-baked.

@troygaspard6732 Жыл бұрын

His films never disappoint.

@The_Bri_Cli Жыл бұрын

These are poetic pieces. This made me get emotional. Thank you

@kaleidoscopekingdom Жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing out the difference in styles of movies you break it down amazingly it's like I see the whole world different ☺️

@emmaemma100500 2 жыл бұрын

I came here again after watching Everything Everywhere All at Once! Great essay about great director who inspires other great works of art! 💞✨

@mjgfromdallas 2 жыл бұрын

I've only seen GrandMaster and Fallen Angels but those films have made me a fan. Stoked to watch more of his work.

@mattblah7737 2 жыл бұрын

In the Mood For Love is a masterpiece

@mjgfromdallas 2 жыл бұрын

@@mattblah7737 need to see this asap!

@mjgfromdallas 2 жыл бұрын

@@helvete_ingres4717 I watched it a few weeks ago and it's so good! Didn't expect it to be funny lol. I definitely have to watch Chungking Express now that you brought it up!

@helvete_ingres4717 2 жыл бұрын

@@mjgfromdallas Fallen Angels is the dark companion piece to (the far more famous) Chungking Express; in fact the ideas of Fallen Angels began as stories intended to be part of Chungking Express but ended up unused in the film.

@mjgfromdallas 2 жыл бұрын

@@helvete_ingres4717 whoa that's dope. Thank you for sharing that!

@TheHomeOfQuantumCinema 2 жыл бұрын

Such a well done analysis

@BardKim 2 жыл бұрын

Great video with great insight into Wong Kar Wai. Always high quality!

@dariasamonova2689 Жыл бұрын

Thank you SO MUCH for this! Truly amazing film analysis!!😍

@SpikimaMovies Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@gabbv8634 2 жыл бұрын

Every word you have used to describe every aspect describe it best.

@juliecaron7569 Жыл бұрын

Loved your reflective video, I'm a huge fan of Wong Kar Wai.

@adaguimaste Жыл бұрын

Incredible video, thank you!

@HerbalistGuybrush 2 жыл бұрын

I am early too! Always looking forward to Spikimas stuff, especially if it is on one of my favorite directeurs :)

@ThePandaGaming27 2 жыл бұрын

All I can say is wow. WKW is truly a masterpiece and has the best cinematic films. Makes me want to be a film director one day fr

@g.coleman 11 ай бұрын

Analysis nailed! I just got introduced to this director, love his movies so far 2 days in a row and i can't wait for the weekend so i can stream more of his work. He really makes you reflect with a smile rather than sit wonder and regret. S/o to Mubi

@littlecat2222 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video . Interesting analysis ❤️❤️

@francos8109 Жыл бұрын

3:02 in the mood for love is from the year 2000.

@TheGrinddcore Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this great and Illuminating analysis of his movies

@cgb5235 Жыл бұрын

Amazing work!

@pahwla6379 2 жыл бұрын

you did an incredible job here

@BeMyArt Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm crying so much I love Wong Kar-Wai😅

@georgialooney7278 11 ай бұрын

My favorite director, in the mood for love is my favorite. Such a visionary. Thanks for the breakdown.

@eyesonmirages 5 ай бұрын

This is a pretty good breakdown of the films!

@TheGrinddcore Жыл бұрын

In the Mood for Love was clearly the most mesmerizing movie I've ever seen in my life. I saw it for the first time on Turner Classic Movies a few years ago I came home from work and turned it on and the opening credits are beginning and I probably hardly moved a muscle until it was done and when it was done I just couldn't believe what it happened I'd never experienced anything like that in the movie before. Due in no small part to the slow-motion pans of Maggie Cheung, the seductive soundtrack and his Australian cinematographer

@brianwalls3369 5 ай бұрын

My god what a beautiful video you have created! That was just wonderful and perfect - and I have never seen a single WKW film. I tend to start crying when i experience pure beauty for some reason - (maybe it's an emotional resonance?) - so there is a connection here between your video and the 3rd movement of Mahler's 6th symphony. Bravo.

@iiireeeneee 2 жыл бұрын

I love his films so much. My favourite is "In the mood for love" and I've seen it countless times. He is so iconic. Legend.

@Jobe-13 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty great analysis

@joyboy6472 Жыл бұрын

loved the video! chungking express is still my fave film of all time. and funny too cause the first time i watched it i didn't really feel anything for it and idk why but the second time i did i was so mesmerized by it that i couldn't stop thinking about it for days the film always makes me feel like it's a memory that something similar happened to me idk how to explain it. maybe it's because the setting looks similar to where i live, or maybe it's just wkw's filmmaking magic. or both!

@gabi1180 Жыл бұрын

This was such a lovely analyisis. I'm glad I stumbled upon it. I need "What a bitter life it is to have shown true love in the face of disconnect." tattooed on my person ASAP.

@francopineda9241 Жыл бұрын

My personal favorite is Chungking express but also i have a special feeling about Happy together since take place in Argentina, my country, so bring's nostalgia to me. I love the analysis, like all your videos, the edit, your voice is fantastic

@letsgoan Жыл бұрын

aww, feels so good. dreamy, heartache yet heartwarming. Weird but thats life. a dreamy pic of life.

@karu6111 Жыл бұрын

I watched this film several times in the past. I didn't understand it at first, thought it was just a cutesy, overly stylized, romantic movie. But as I grew older, and understood "loneliness" more within the context of my life. This film, and some others HIT HARRRDDD. Especially Fallen Angels, even added the nihilism in there.

@spacewad8745 Жыл бұрын

i have only one word for wong kar wai films. beautiful

@michellsamazingplant 2 жыл бұрын

lovely interpretation

@estebanlacrosse7847 Жыл бұрын

A Great video on such a great director

@kingofrelax1113 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful sound

@mjolninja9358 3 ай бұрын

Just got a chance of watching the 4K rerelease of Chungking Express, Fallen Angels, Happy Together and In the Mood for Love and I never really thought that I’d get to EXPERIENCE the film in the cinema. I only saw Wong Kar Wai films at home, but getting to see it in the big screen was pure magic I love everything from the colors, the vibe, the sound and just everything. Glad I’d get to experience this in the cinemas.

@murikrets 2 жыл бұрын

Chungking Express is my favorite WKW film. Great videos! BTW I'd love to hear your opinion on "After Yang".

@Nuranurr Жыл бұрын

Thank you, truly

@forestinmist6777 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the efforts.

@clarateresa7477 2 жыл бұрын

es demasiado bueno este video muchas gracias me ha encantado

@brandosbucket Ай бұрын

I think this has introduced me to something life changing.

@galsexe 2 жыл бұрын

In the mood for Wang Kar-Wai

@idance0001 2 ай бұрын

I have mental health problems and struggle with depression, psychosis and derealization. The visuals of his movies like in Fallen Angels feels a little bit like how I feel. That dreamy, chaotic, timeless feeling.

@deardegenerate8017 2 жыл бұрын

Ohh, neat

@fvelarde122 Жыл бұрын

This channel gives me some Every Frame A Painting vibes

@FayeHunter 2 жыл бұрын

:o My name is Faye! Nice. Great video, as always.

@user-qr3dt6pr2d 2 жыл бұрын

한국에서 보는 펜입니다! 저도 왕가위 찐펜인데…! 늘 잘 보고 있습니다!!

@SpikimaMovies 2 жыл бұрын

감사합니다!! :)

@kc7297 2 жыл бұрын

great vid

@fred-nu8in 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful video

@illidanstormrage9149 2 жыл бұрын

Yo Spikima, I suggest you check out Cold Fish. I think it deserves a video essay.

@SpikimaMovies 2 жыл бұрын

You mean Sion Sono? That film used to be my go to film for any day of the week.

@illidanstormrage9149 2 жыл бұрын

@@SpikimaMovies Hell yeah I mean Sion Sono! Nice to hear that. Im shocked how little attention it gets on youtube, especially with a ending like that.

@redsol3629 11 ай бұрын

I lost this video and now I have found you again.

@Helloeverynyan22222 Жыл бұрын

Chunking Express will always be my favorite.

@laualice9355 2 жыл бұрын

I am so happy to find this channel. The analysis is excellent

@candy5107 Жыл бұрын

Man Christopher doyle+Tony leung + Wong kar wai give us hong kong golden cinema age TBH 💖

@merrygoround7557 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video, it was the first time I was ever exposed to WKW films, Im so thankful that I was able to watch them, personally I love Fallen Angels but Chunking Express has a special place in my heart too