Wong Kar-Wai is one of the greatest- if not the greatest- modern directors. Days of Being Wild is, in some ways, an amalgam of what was to come from him in subsequent years: characters with intertwining stories à la Chungking Express, the brooding sense of nostalgia found in In the Mood for Love. This is his second film, and his first with cinematographer Christopher Doyle (after my last Doyle experience, this film was a wonderful palate cleanser) and actress Maggie Cheung, who would both become integral to his later work. Days of Being Wild is ultimately a “looking for love in all the wrong places” story, but told in an angsty, shadowy, 3am kind of way that brings an authenticity and truth to it. Gorgeously shot, beautifully acted and not to be missed.