Wong Kar-wai
Wong Kar-wai
Wong Kar-wai, BBSis a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylised, emotionally resonant work, including As Tears Go By, Days of Being Wild, Ashes of Time, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels, Happy Together, 2046and The Grandmaster. His film In the Mood for Love, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung, garnered widespread critical acclaim. Wong's films frequently feature protagonists who yearn for romance in the midst of a knowingly brief life and scenes...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth17 July 1958
CityShanghai, China
CountryChina
People are very surprised when they come to Hong Kong after seeing my films, because my version of it is quite different than Hong Kong in reality.
We're all unlucky in love sometimes. When I am, I go jogging. The body loses water when you jog, so you have none left for tears.
We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love
Love is all a matter of timing. It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.