Have you ever watched a Wong Kar-wai film and wondered why it looks so familiar? You're not alone. Like a déjà vu, Wong Kar-wai films have a unique sense of timelessness that always make the experience nostalgic and dreamy for the audience. What many don't know is how meticulously everything is planned and shot (to cause such an effect).
So let's take a look together at these carefully created pictures.

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Extra Credits:

Korean blog post about Chungking Express (in Korean):
https://m.blog.naver.com/doar0605/220...

This site was extremely inspiring, not just in analyzing certain scenes from Chungking Express, but also in organizing the script for this painfully long video.

Timestamp
0:00 Introduction
1:18 Déjà vu
1:46 1. Time: Voice over & Subjectivity
2:58 In the Mood for Love
4:32 Time flow & Ashes of Time
5:53 Days of Being Wild
7:26 2. Time: Symbols
8:58 Camera & Editing
10:05 3. Time: Step Printing
11:17 Manipulated Speed
11:42 Déjà vu
12:04 Chungking Express Part 1
13:12 Pineapples
14:09 4. Space
14:48 Eyes
15:52 Perspective Shifts
17:04 Space Carries Time
17:32 Jumpcuts
18:08 Chungking Express Part 2
19:07 Time vs Space
19:29 CHEF'S SALAD
19:51 DREAM
20:55 Timing VS Habit
22:52 Reality
23:23 5. Daydream
24:28 Thank you

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