Sunshine316
4Jun11
Couldn't have said it better.
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Jack Lehtonen
27Dec11
Perhaps cliche in writing about Kar-Wai like this at this point, but there was no other filmmaker who could express the late-night, drunk exhaustion of insomniacs (something he's lost actually). Glaring fluorescent light tubes dominate the vision. Again he expresses through sensual collage (he is cinema's true sensualist). The super 8 footage of the father is one of the most emotional moments in 90s cinema.
kirk caouette
19Oct11
Love the flow and pacing of this film. Inspiring and intoxicating. Narrative is totally flawed and non-sensical to the average film goer but I can't help be mesmerized every time I watch it.
Ryan Nichols
10Oct11
Christopher Doyle owns this movie so much. probably his best cinematography. not WKW's best film, but it's still damn fantastic and I love to watch it.
Pale Scribe
31May11
The cohesion of its character vignettes felt choppy but it's only a minor gripe. Expect a strong reliance on nonverbal communication with lingering shots and songs chosen for relevant lyrics. I'm not accustomed to soundtracks telling part of the story instead of serving as a mere complement to its atmosphere. One of the more unusual romance stories managing to avoid my gag reflex. Bravo.
Christopher Bentley Owen
22May11
This movie is very episodic. I don't think it's a coherent story as a collection of character notes, visual ideas and soundtrack choices. Some of the sequences work especially well, but many fall flat. So far, the only other Wong Kar-Wai film I've seen is Days of Being Wild, and I liked it a lot better- much more focused.
ACOMPLETEUNKNOWN
5Apr11
WKW creates the best atmosphere of a dark lonely HK, accompanied by an astonishing camera work and a perfect soundtrack as usual.
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Linda Saroeun
28Mar11
after my first viewing, i threw the dvd (still in its case) in frustration, disgusted. after my second viewing, i realized i was watching it for the very first time. i've often viewed it as the darker counterpart to chungking express, and always secondary. however, the more i experience it, carefully and completely, the more i discover its depth. certainly profound, it stands alone, sad and pretty. utterly sublime.
antsforthelonely
7Mar11
Wong Kar Wai challenges the idea of a movie as an organic whole with Fallen Angels where each scene supersedes the another in terms of everything.
devinjoness
21Feb11
I thought Chungking Express was the height of awesomeness. Then I saw this. A film that leaves you with the insatiable urge to give a dead pig a back massage shouldn't be missed.
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Robert Dustin Kramer
3Feb11
Just amazing. A hyper-stylized dissection of transient relationships forged in Hong Kong's nightlife. Amazingly photographed by the indelible Chris Doyle. Stop reading this, and go watch it.
Devon Hansen
24May10
I thought I wouldn't like it that much, but I really did. A lot. The hitman character is so-so, but the movie is so beautiful to look at and the space is so perfect that I don't really care.
