[In the Mood for Love]
Wong Kar-Wai
- Use of slow motion scenes juxtaposed with waltz music (by Michael Galasso) in the background.
- Intensely compelling portrait of claustrophobia, both external (crowded apartments and nosy neighbours) and internal (dread of failure of their illusory hope of the inviolability and invincibilty of thier marital relationships), using vivid contrast of bright colours. On the other hand, complete isolation of Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen during their direct encounters -- no other character is present when they meet, even in restaurants, signifies both their isolation from society and their shared attribute of loneliness.
- Reflection of the growing insignificance of the spouses in their prevaling lives using only the former's voices.
- Technique:
- Shot in episodic, fade-out, fade-in fragments which aids the (occasional) elliptical narration.
- Stylized camerawork:
- 2-way dialogues in Chow Mo-wan's office shot in uncommon angles (sideways and overhead)