The long-awaited retrospective from the internationally renowned film
director celebrated for his visually lush and atmospheric films. Wong
Kar Wai is known for his romantic and stylish films that explore--in
saturated, cinematic scenes--themes of love, longing, and the burden of
memory. His style reveals a fascination with mood and texture, and a
sense of place figures prominently. In this volume, the first on his
entire body of work, Wong Kar Wai and writer John Powers explore Wong's
complete oeuvre in the locations of some of his most famous scenes. The
book is structured as six conversations between Powers and Wong (each in
a different locale), including the restaurant where he shot In the Mood
for Love and the snack bar where he shot Chungking Express.
Discussing each of Wong's eleven films, the conversations also explore
Wong's trademark themes of time, nostalgia, and beauty, and their roots
in his personal life. This first book by Wong Kar Wai, lavishly
illustrated with more than 250 photographs and film stills and featuring
an opening critical essay by Powers, WKW: The Cinema of Wong Kar Wei
is as evocative as walking into one of Wong's lush films.