Wong Kar-Wai: Auteur of Time

by Stephen Teo

Overview

This study of Hong Kong cult director Wong Kar-wai provides an overview of his career and in-depth analysis of his seven feature films to date. Teo probes Wong's cinematic and literary influences - from Martin Scorsese to Haruki Murakami - yet shows how Wong transcends them all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844570287
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/18/2005
Series:	World Directors
Pages:	191
Sales rank:	1,136,876
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Stephen Teo, Ph.D., is a filmmaker, critic, and film historian. He is author of Hong Kong Cinema (BFI, 1997).

Table of Contents

Chapter One:
Introduction

Chapter Two:
In Mainstream Gear

Chapter Three: Wong's Heartbreak Tango

Chapter Four: Space-Time Tango

Chapter Five: Wong's Biographical Histories of Knights-errant

Chapter Six: Pathos Angelical

Chapter Seven: Wong's Buenos Aires Affair

Chapter Eight: Betrayed by Maggie Cheung

Chapter Nine: Minor Projects and Conclusion

Bibliogrpahy Filmography