Film | In the Mood for Love + In the Mood for Love 2001

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Followed by a talk by the Textile Museum’s Lee Talbot and a reception featuring free noodles from Chinese Street Market!

It’s 1962 in Hong Kong: 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. The last 25 years of cinema owe much to the stylistic influence of this film, from its aching musical soundtrack to the exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin. (Description adapted from Janus Films.)

Director: Wong Kar-wai (Hong Kong). Released: 2000. Length: 98 min. Format: DCP. Language: Cantonese with English subtitles.

Followed by In the Mood for Love 2001
This short film precursor similarly evokes the mystery of transient, unexpected connections in the modern city. Even on a miniature canvas, Wong Kar-wai masterfully generates palpable atmosphere and striking characterizations. (Description adapted from Janus Films.)

Director: Wong Kar-wai (Hong Kong). Released: 2001. Length: 9 min. Format: DCP. Language: Cantonese with English subtitles.

Co-presented with our educational partner the GW Chinese Arts & Humanities Initiative.

Image courtesy of Janus Films

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