Days of Being Wild
A Fei zheng chuan
Synopsis
Luddy is a devastatingly handsome Hong Kong lothario who seduces and abandons women without guilt. When he sets his sights on a lovely shop girl, he unknowingly sets of a chain of events leading to obsession, self-discovery, and shocking violence.
This film is not currently playing on MUBI but 30 other great films are. See what’s now showing
Even more than most Wong films, Days of Being Wild is a film of languor. With its scattered characters, near-absence of narrative, and staccato rhythm (long stretches of hushed conversation punctuated by violent outbursts), the movie achingly embodies a particular state of ennui in 1960s Hong Kong, as men and women listlessly weave in and out of relationships.
Ryan Swen
December 07, 2016
More than a romantic allegory for the character’s own trajectory, Yuddy’s story evokes an expression of the impossibility of reinventing that which has already disappeared—a pursuit which only memory and cinema can realize. With the unforgettable opening credit sequence of Days, Wong brilliantly encapsulates a history of Hong Kong into a single, precise long shot.
Aliza Ma
August 03, 2013
Wong Kar-wai’s idiosyncratic style first became apparent in this gorgeously moody second feature (1991), whose romantic vision of 1960 Hong Kong as a network of unfulfilled longings would later echo through In the Mood for Love.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
January 14, 2005
Related films
2046
Wong Kar-wai, 2004
Chinese Odyssey 2002
Jeffrey Lau, 2002
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Jeffrey Lau, 1993
Bullet in the Head
John Woo, 1990
American Graffiti
George Lucas, 1973
Infernal Affairs III
Alan Mak, Andrew Lau Wai-keung, 2003
Flowers of Shanghai
Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1998
Ashes of Time
Wong Kar-wai, 1994
Fallen Angels
Wong Kar-wai, 1995
Happy Together
Wong Kar-wai, 1997
Chungking Express
Wong Kar-wai, 1994
In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar-wai, 2000