A short piece about a tailor, a prostitute declining from high class to penniless, two hand-jobs, and an undeclared impossible love or infatuation, call it what you like. It certainly has Wang KarWai's distinctive mood and camerawork, as you would expect in his movies - the dark corridors for example. It does evoke some of the mood of 'In the mood for love/Hua yang nian hua' but is not a patch on that wonderful masterpiece.
The music I cannot recall but it was there yet forgettable, unlike that of 'In the mood for love'. Short snippets of 20s-30s Shanghai cabaret, silences and the sound of Hong Kong rain. Set in Hong Kong I assume, but with the lead characters speaking Putonghua.
If I am not mistaken the entire movie passes without a single smile - lots of neck chin and face shots of GongLi, many taken over the shoulder of and from behind the male lead, Chang Chen, the smitten tailor. Nothing maudlin or mawkish is said or done, yet it leaves me with that feeling, and it seems to skirt very close.
No great work of art here, be assured!
The music I cannot recall but it was there yet forgettable, unlike that of 'In the mood for love'. Short snippets of 20s-30s Shanghai cabaret, silences and the sound of Hong Kong rain. Set in Hong Kong I assume, but with the lead characters speaking Putonghua.
If I am not mistaken the entire movie passes without a single smile - lots of neck chin and face shots of GongLi, many taken over the shoulder of and from behind the male lead, Chang Chen, the smitten tailor. Nothing maudlin or mawkish is said or done, yet it leaves me with that feeling, and it seems to skirt very close.
No great work of art here, be assured!