Our movie screenings for this semester include...
Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love
Starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung
Winner of numerous awards including Best Actor at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival,
In the Mood for Love confirmed that Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai is
a major figure in world cinema. As passionate as it is politely discreet, his film
takes place in 1962 Hong Kong, where neighboring apartment dwellers Mr. Chow (Tony Leung)
and Mrs. Chan (Maggie Cheung) discover that their oft-absent spouses are having an affair.
This realization parallels their own mutual attraction, but fidelity and decency ensure
that their intimate bond remains unspoken though deeply understood. With a stealthy,
eavesdropping camera style and a screenplay created through spontaneous on-set
inspiration, Wong Kar-wai crafts an intricate, finely tuned platonic romance, enhancing
its ambience with a kaleidoscope of color and careful attention to character detail.
Initial D
Starring Jay Chou, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Jordan Chan, Kenny Bee, Anthony Wong
Taiwanese pop icon Jay Chou makes his acting debut as Takumi Fuijiwara, a high-school
kid who delivers tofu every morning for his father Bunta (Anthony Wong). During his daily
delivery, Takumi unknowingly sharpens up his racing skills by speeding through notorious
racing spot Mt. Akina, where some of Japan's greatest street racers venture for glory.
After Takumi accidentally bests Night Kids leader Takeshi Nakazato (Shawn Yue) on Akina's
downhill, he begins to attract the attention of other street racers. But Takumi is more
than just another wannabe racer. Years of delivering tofu in his father's Toyota AE86
Trueno have made him an incredibly skilled driver, and not even Takumi really knows just
how good he is! With breathtaking car-racing scenes, a hip soundtrack, and an all-star cast,
Initial D is the Hong Kong Cinema blockbuster fans have been waiting for!
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