Revisiting Wong’s dance of desire
Hong Kong director’s tale of unrequited love is winning hearts 20 years later
published : 30 Oct 2020 at 04:00
Drenched with desire, Wong Kar-wai’s In The Mood For Love feels like a plush, vivid dream lodged in the deepest recess of a lover’s heart. Now, the heart is beating again and the dream is being projected on the big screen some 20 years after the film first stunned audiences at Cannes and launched a wave of copycats around Asia.
For the first time in Bangkok, In The Mood For Love is having a theatrical release at the House Samyan — along…