As is the norm for Kar-Wai, a beautiful, fun style, with focus on different types of film and colours. The story lost me once or twice, but was otherwise very bittersweet. Kar-Wai is very good at capturing that certain type of loneliness that so many of us feel.

This is one of Kar Wai Wong's best films in my opinion. It shows a relationship between two gay men without devolving into sentimentality or socio-political lecturing. The setting in Argentina is fantastic and the acting is solid throughout by Hong Kong Legends Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung (RIP) It's obvious that this film had a major influence on aspects of Brokeback Mountain.

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This is the moment in time when Wong left behind the adolescent fantasies and got real (Okay, I'm being unfair to Days of Being Wild, but it applies to the rest). My favorite of this director. He would nearly equal it in later attempts, but I just love the style this has.

Wong Kar Wai captures night life in a very specific, captivating way: the insanely over the top colours, the silence, the ambiguous sadness. A beautiful film.

Technical side of this film is nearly perfect, especially the work of cinematographer Christopher Doyle. Some scenes are filmed in monochrome, others in rich colors, heck, some scenes are upside down! The story and flow of the film requires patience, but the emotions it evokes are genuine.

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A very disturbing story about a very disturbing relationship. It was so well done, I couldn't finish it. This was a relationship I had to walk away from.

Touching, and stunning to view, like what you'd expect from Wong Kar-wai. Most scenes are pretty well done, a few kind of lack energy, but overall it's a well-done film.

A sensual and beautifully shot film poignantly tackling all sorts of issues as regards relationships, as well as evoking displacement and loneliness in a manner that is distinctly Wong's own. I'm not always completely sold on the formal experimentation which occasionally risks obscuring the emotions on show (though said experimentation also has moments of sheer excellence), but for the most part the film is very affecting.

It's another Wong film dripping with a delectable style moves and shifts throughout the picture like a chameleon. The characters are a little less interesting here than Chungking Express or Fallen Angels, or perhaps the persistent plot device of weird romantic connections just feels a little stale. The most interesting stuff was the portrayal of Iguazu Falls as a metaphor, gorgeous in both its meaning and its majesty. It's very watchable, but not exactly must-see.

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