In the Mood for Love (Fa yeung nin wah) at Speed Cinema

Essential Cinema: 25th Anniversary

In the Mood for Love (Fa yeung nin wah) with In the Mood for Love 2001
Directed by Wong Kar Wai

Friday, July 18, 6 pm

Saturday, July 19, 3 pm
Saturday, July 19, 6 pm

Sunday, July 20, 3 pm

$12 | $8 Speed members

Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung Man Yuk) move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching musical soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping Bing, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past 25 years of cinema. 2000, Hong Kong, 4K DCP, in Cantonese and Shanghainese with English subtitles, 98 minutes. Recommended for 16+

Initially conceived as one third of a triptych about food, In the Mood for Love was expanded into a stand-alone feature that won immediate recognition as a modern-day classic. Another third—intended as the “dessert,” as Wong Kar Wai has put it—was, until now, only screened during his masterclass at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Complimenting the feature film, In the Mood for Love 2001 demonstrates the director’s masterful ability to generate palpable atmosphere and striking characterizations on a miniature canvas—with In the Mood for Love stars Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Maggie Cheung Man Yuk once again providing the sizzling chemistry— evoking the mystery of transient, unexpected connections in the modern city through his inimitable romantic touch. 2001, Hong Kong, DCP, in Cantonese with English subtitles, 9 minutes. Recommended for 16+

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