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Wong Kar-Wai: Auteur of Time
by
Stephen Teo
April 12, 2023 - April 15, 2023
Teo, S. (2005). Wong Kar-Wai: Auteur of Time. British Film Institute.
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vitiate »
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chiaroscuro »
(noun, Italian for light and dark) an oil paintin…
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elegiac »
relating to or characteristic of an elegy.
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Menippean satire »
a form of satire, usually in prose, which has a l…
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teleological »
the philosophical attempt to describe things in t…
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The decline of Hong Kong cinema is the symptom of…
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[...] It is taken for granted that Wong’s films p…
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[...] it is this faculty of keeping secrets which…
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Yet, for all its elegance in re-creating the past…
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The film portrays human life as one of limited po…