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Wong Kar-wai

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Wong Kar-wai is a film director associated with Hong Kong cinema in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. His work emphasized mood, fragmented narrative, and visual style, often addressing memory, time, and interpersonal relationships.

Wong is discussed in film studies, Hong Kong cinema history, and analyses of transnational and art cinema.

Status

Wong’s films are examined for their use of color, music, and non-linear structure. Interpretations situate his work within changing production conditions in Hong Kong cinema and broader discussions of cinematic style.

Film director

Hong Kong cinema

Art cinema

Film studies