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Wong Kar-wai was born on 17 July 1958 in Shanghai, the youngest of three siblings. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His father was a sailor and his mother was a housewife. [ 3 ] By the time Wong was five years old, the seeds of the Cultural Revolution were beginning to take effect in China and his parents decided to relocate to Hong Kong. [ 2 ]
Wong at the 2013 Berlin Film Festival. Wong Kar-wai (born 17 July 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and producer. He began his career as a screenwriter in 1982, then made his directoral debut in 1988. As of 2019, he has directed 10 feature films. He has also worked as producer on several films he did not direct.
In November 2013, director-producer Wong Kar-wai approached author Jin Yucheng to secure adaptation rights for Jin's novel Blossoms, which was published six months prior. [6] Shanghainese scriptwriter Qin Wen was invited to the project in September 2017 and given Wong and Jin's extensive research on the period drama adaptation. [7]
Andrew Lau Wai-keung (Chinese: 劉偉強, born 4 April 1960) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, and cinematographer. Lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as Ringo Lam , Wong Jing and Wong Kar-wai .
The site's critics consensus reads, "Wong Kar Wai's redux, with a few slight changes from his 1994 classic, is a feast for the eyes, if a little difficult to follow." [ 11 ] On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 69 out of 100 based on 20 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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The film was the directorial debut of Wong Kar-wai, and was inspired by Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets. [2] The central plot revolves around a small-time triad member trying to keep his friend out of trouble. The film was screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, during International Critics' Week. [3]
As Tears Go By (Wong Kar Wai, 1988) Days of Being Wild (Wong Kar Wai, 1990) Chungking Express (Wong Kar Wai, 1994) Fallen Angels (Wong Kar-wai, 1995) Happy Together (Wong Kar-wai, 1997) Made in Hong Kong (Fruit Chan, 1997) Infernal Affairs (Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, 2002)