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:	9781844570294
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/08/2005
Series:	World Directors
Edition description:	2005
Pages:	191
Product dimensions:	5.28(w) x 7.36(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

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