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19 quotes by Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai Traditional Chinese 王家衛 Simplified Chinese 王家卫 Transcriptions Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wáng Jiāwèi Cantonese Jyutping wong4 gaa1 wai6 Wong Kar-wai, BBS (born 17 July 1958) is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylised, emotionally resonant work, including Days of Being Wild (1990), Ashes of Time (1994), Chungking Express (1994), Fallen Angels (1995), Happy Together...
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I'm not very aware of styles. We never talk about styles before we start shooting, or even during shooting, because I think the film will bring... →

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Some actors like encouragement. Some actors prefer to have pressure. And sometimes, for some actors, its better to give your comment by silence... →

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1936 is a very important year: a golden time for martial arts, right before the Japanese invasion.

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During shooting, you have the idea, like, of this certain dress on this actress, but it's not to fit, so you have to make all of these... →

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I'm not coming from film school. I learned cinema in the cinema watching films, so you always have a curiosity. I say, 'Well, what if I make... →

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In my first film, we always tried to have a script and work in a normal way, but I was constantly changing things during shooting. Because I worked... →

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My mother has a very big family in Shanghai, so I have, like, almost 40 cousins, so we stayed together all the time. So by the time I get to Hong... →

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Sometimes, when you're on the streets, certain music inspires you, and then you have a vision. But, at the end of the day, it's a synthesis... →

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Heritage is something martial-arts films don't often talk about.

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I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas.

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I think one day I can make a book about coffee shops in Hong Kong. I spent almost most of my time in coffee shops, in different coffee shops.

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I'm a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs.

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'Ashes of Time' was my third film, and as a young director at that point, it's not very often that you have the chance to make a big... →

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