1995 ‘墮落天使’ Directed by Wong Kar-wai
In this bifurcated crime narrative, a disillusioned hitman attempts to escape from his violent lifestyle against the wishes of his partner, who is infatuated with him, and an eccentric mute repeatedly encounters, then subsequently falls for a depressed woman looking for the prostitute who supposedly stole her ex-boyfriend's affections.
Anjos Caídos, Ekptotoi angeloi, Bukott angyalkák, Les anges déchus, Do lok tin si, Tenshi no namida, Reddedilmis Melekler, Сердце ангела, Angeli perduti, Neonpyhimys, Tears of Angels, Helgon i neon, Upadle anioly, Hamenoi angeloi, Duo luo tian shi, Ángeles caídos
"Watching dad cooking made me very happy. I know I'll never taste his steaks again...but I'll never forget just how they tasted."
happy to announce that wong kar-wai finally clicked for me and holy shit i love movies
i've never lived in a city.
i've driven past flashing lights in the dark, as a sad song blasted out of my radio and i struggled to hold back tears. i've holed myself up in a claustrophobic one room dorm and stared at the empty walls. i've spent late nights at the corner store and i've sat alone after dark in a wide-open space, not doing anything in particular, not going anywhere important.
i've been with someone, in the same place, at the same time, and felt a million miles away. he wanted one thing and i wanted another and we both thought that caring about each other could somehow bridge this abyss. that is, until we stopped caring about…
Sometimes "goodbye" really means "until we meet again."
For a follow-up to a film that in no way, shape, of form needed one, Fallen Angels not only admirably lives up to the pressure of being a sequel to Chungking Express, it manages to expand the themes of the previous two segments (putting all in a much clearer and distinct light), and does so in such a tonally and structurally different way that it's difficult to tell which is the stronger piece in the end. It's apples and oranges to compare the two, but they're in the same basket - if that makes any sense. Truth be told, I'd rather consider them a single film; Chungking Angels - a three hour…
Never before has a film so eloquently captured the feeling of driving to McDonalds at 3am.
wong kar-wai's john woo movie, a dreamy, romantic portrait of the oddballs and outcasts who populate the hong kong underworld and their longing for intimacy in professions and a general, palpable hostile city nightlife that necessitates distance. the extreme wide-angle lens, handheld close-ups of neon-lit motorcycle riding and bloody gunfights is the sorta shit movies were invented for
thats life in the big city.
for an hour and thirty five minutes, let wong kar wai heal your broken heart. he healed mine, ever so slightly. this is what a perfect film is to me.
Did you ever have a first date, one that didn’t go badly, but didn't make your heart flutter? I’m sure you have. Despite that, have you ever gone onto a second date and completely fallen in love? I certainly never have ... in real life that is. In the imaginary world of Wong Kar Wai, I should have expected it. There have been more than a few Wong first dates I’ve gone on that were less than stellar, only to be won over completely by a subsequent rendezvous.
During my first Fallen Angels watch, I saw similarities to Chungking Express ( that I also didn’t fall in love with on first date ), but aside from a nod or two,…
love is fleeting. it can be experienced in the smallest of moments; the length of a song, one night together, a videotape. we're all just passengers floating through each other's lives. some of us make a bigger impact than others, but in that moment the emotion is raw and real and unfiltered. we're messy, chaotic creatures; we're explosively poetic. nothing captures that quite like fallen angels.
i think after a third viewing i've finally been able to wrap my thoughts around this film and the beautiful, violent, romance of it all. maybe i'm just deeper in my emotions than usual because it's valentine's day, but i'm just so grateful that this film exists. i started the night off lonely but i'm ending it with happiness in my heart, knowing that as my life goes on i'll get to experience more love and bring new people into my life and myself into theirs; no matter how fleeting that feeling may be.
But at that moment I felt such warmth.
Peak cinema is when Michelle Reis nonchalantly eats noodles and smokes at the same time. Vivid images and the casual attraction of the performers draw me closer until I reach daylight at the end of tunnel. The gloom shines a little light; the banging gunfights, the casualties of the unloved, heartbreaks, ketchup and blood fill the camera lens through dizzying passage of time. Expiry dates on pineapple cans went unnoticed, unrequited feelings rolling through the one way traffic, Fallen Angels shares its love in littler moments rather than portraying it as lifelong intimation. Brush past those strangers ahead, rub your shoulders with the others until you bleed. Before you fall, if you’re…
Christopher Doyle really went ham with his camera this time, relying on kinetic, large sweeping motions to deliver a pleasantly dizzying experience, the entire city spins in circles as if night life in hong kong is too overwhelming for the lonely souls to bear, just like how it is depicted in murakami's after dark, urban life starts to get kooky after 12am, even the ones not in bed start to dream due to conditioning, no one belongs anywhere, the sleep-deprived become particles colliding in space, constantly moving under the force of gravity, some merge and some separate, albeit unwillingly, yet it doesn't matter, in the end, we still live under the same dreamscape, forever companions to each other, providing and receiving warmth to whoever we can find and cling onto, until one of us finally falls asleep.
La quantità di cicchini smokati è pari se non superiore ad un buon film di Godard
One of the best films I’ve ever seen oh my god.
Wong Kar-wai’s dreamlike visuals, stylized editing and the shades of green really capture the essence of being awake late at night. I felt so warm and so free watching this. It’s a wild, adrenaline rush and a calm, peaceful late night drive at the same time. There truly will never be another film like this and there will simply never be another Wong Kar-wai. One of my favorites of all time no doubt.
在城市裡面人與人的疏離、隨之而來的寂寞，以及渴望與人交往的矛盾心情是主軸，五個角色各有各的寂寞，但究竟如何發生？電影裡面即使父子感情那麽好，卻是透過錄影機的攝像畫面中介才能傳達。最後經典的電單車過海，李嘉欣的獨白，電影似乎有了一點溫暖，但別忘了，也只有一分鐘，下了電單車無論哪一種結局都一樣。王家衛鏡頭下人際間的一點溫暖，始終要在一定（各種意義上的）距離下才能實現，一旦想更近一步，終究要破滅的，因此終究是冷酷的。
Damn how does everyone not know about Wong kar-wai? Every film I’ve seen of his is so well made and entertaining.
Coolest soundtrack ever. Real interesting and unique cinematography. Found the story a little bit hard to follow though. But still an immensely enjoyable watch
The next time someone breaks up with me I’m going to bite their wrist so they’ll never forget me
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