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Chinese director Wong Kar-Wai wearing sunglasses and a collared shirt, seated at a microphone with a colorful, blurred background, 2013. Faye Wong stands behind a counter in a food shop, looking down, in a publicity still from the film Chungking Express directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung stand close together in a dimly lit alley with old posters on the wall in a scene from the film In the Mood for Love. Zhang Ziyi and Tony Leung embrace closely in a dimly lit scene from the film 2046, with Tony Leung looking over Zhang Ziyi's shoulder. Tony Leung, at right, faces an opponent in a martial arts stance in a dimly lit, ornate room filled with mist in a scene from the film The Grandmaster.
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Stephen Teo, Wong Kar-Wai (2005); and Peter Brunette, Wong Kar-Wai (2005), are examinations of Wong’s career up to 2046 (2004). Teo’s book offers interesting details about literary influences on Wong, and Brunette’s book contains two interviews with Wong. Analyses of two of Wong’s films are found in Wimal Dissanayake and Dorothy Wong, Wong Kar-Wai’s Ashes of Time (2003); and Jeremy Tambling, Wong Kar-Wai’s Happy Together (2003).

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Article History

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Invalidated site: Independent - Wong Kar-Wai interview: the revered film director on returning to his first love - kung fu. Oct 31, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 13, 2026
Added mention of Blossoms Shanghai TV show and surrounding controversy. Updated top questions. Jun 26, 2026
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Kar-wai Wong. Oct 03, 2025
Add new Web site: Museum of the Moving Image - Wong Kar-wai. Aug 23, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC Radio National - Movietime - The Films of Wong Kar-Wai. Jun 28, 2025
Add new Web site: BFI - Wong Kar Wai on In the Mood for Love at 25 – a new interview: “Can an algorithm understand the weight of a glance between two people?”. Dec 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Independent - Wong Kar-Wai interview: the revered film director on returning to his first love - kung fu. Aug 21, 2024
First paragraph modernization. May 06, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Wong Kar-wai. Oct 19, 2023
Add new Web site: BBC Culture - Wong Kar-wai: The master of "Hollywood East". Sep 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - Wong Kar-wai. Apr 06, 2023
Added the movie Bai du ren. Nov 07, 2019
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Wong Kar-Wai. Aug 27, 2014
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Wong Kar Wai. Jun 27, 2014
Added the movie Yutdoi jungsi (2013; The Grandmasters). May 01, 2013
Article revised and updated. Oct 26, 2012
Bibliography added. Jul 14, 2012
New article added. Jul 13, 2012
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