Wong Kar-Wai: Auteur of Time

by Stephen Teo

Overview

This study of Hong Kong cult director Wong Kar-wai provides an overview of his career and in-depth analysis of his seven feature films to date. Teo probes Wong's cinematic and literary influences - from Martin Scorsese to Haruki Murakami - yet shows how Wong transcends them all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839021268
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	07/25/2019
Series:	World Directors
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	191
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Stephen Teo is associate professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is the author of several books, including Hong Kong Cinema: The Extra Dimensions (1997), Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: The Wuxia Tradition (2009), and Eastern Approaches to Western Film: Asian Reception and Aesthetics in Cinema (2019).
Stephen Teo, Ph.D., is a filmmaker, critic, and film historian. He is Associate Professor in the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and author of Hong Kong Cinema (BFI, 1997).

Table of Contents

Chapter One:
Introduction

Chapter Two:
In Mainstream Gear

Chapter Three: Wong's Heartbreak Tango

Chapter Four: Space-Time Tango

Chapter Five: Wong's Biographical Histories of Knights-errant

Chapter Six: Pathos Angelical

Chapter Seven: Wong's Buenos Aires Affair

Chapter Eight: Betrayed by Maggie Cheung

Chapter Nine: Minor Projects and Conclusion

Bibliogrpahy Filmography