This was the closing film at last year's Singapore International Film Festival. It was actually banned but was allowed this one and only film screening in Singapore. Needless to say, the cinema was full to the brim and Christopher Doyle and Wong Kar Wai were there to introduce the film as well as parried any questions by the audience after the show.
What can I say? Vintage War Kar Wai, I suppose. Chris Doyle's cinematography was beautiful and enchanting; his birdeye's shot of the waterfall is firmly engraved in my mind. Tony Leung performance was touching and extremely poignant; most notably when he cried silently into the tape recorder, releasing all his personal frustrations, angst, sense of betrayal, hopelessness and loss in those few minutes.
It's not so much a gay film as a show about relationships. The two main protagonists could be two men, one woman and one man or even two women and the show would just be as poignant - the flighty, flirtatious and capricious lover vs the loyal, stable, long suffering and tolerant partnerl. However, seeing it being played out between two male leads was somewhat refreshing. Still, one can't help but wonder if Maggie Cheung, being one of Wong's muse, took one of the roles, what additional depth she might bring to this project?!
What can I say? Vintage War Kar Wai, I suppose. Chris Doyle's cinematography was beautiful and enchanting; his birdeye's shot of the waterfall is firmly engraved in my mind. Tony Leung performance was touching and extremely poignant; most notably when he cried silently into the tape recorder, releasing all his personal frustrations, angst, sense of betrayal, hopelessness and loss in those few minutes.
It's not so much a gay film as a show about relationships. The two main protagonists could be two men, one woman and one man or even two women and the show would just be as poignant - the flighty, flirtatious and capricious lover vs the loyal, stable, long suffering and tolerant partnerl. However, seeing it being played out between two male leads was somewhat refreshing. Still, one can't help but wonder if Maggie Cheung, being one of Wong's muse, took one of the roles, what additional depth she might bring to this project?!