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An asian woman wearing a Cheongsam sitting on a bed in an orange lit room with her head in her hand looking forlorn.

In the Mood for Love

Directed by Wong Kar Wai
Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 7:30PM
Theater

Wong Kar-wai’s hauntingly beautiful film, In the Mood for Love (2000) deals with unfulfilled relationships, the fallibility of memory, and endings without resolution. Starring Tony Leung (Mr. Chow) and Maggie Cheung (Mrs. Chen), In the Mood for Love is the story of two couples that move into adjoining apartments on the same day. Over time, Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chen realize that their frequently absent spouses are having an affair. At once deftly crafted and visually extravagant, it is a masterful evocation of fleeting moments in which “the told is not resolved but the telling is concluded” (Neupert). Original music is by Michael Galasso, with cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin.

Main Image: Film still from In the Mood for Love (2000). Wong Kar Wai. Hong Kong/China.

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Film/Video
In Mood for Love
Directed by Wong Kar Wai
Thursday 21
7:30 PM
November 2013
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