The Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-Wai : Film Poetics and the Aesthetic of Disturbance, Second Edition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bettinson, Gary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetics.

Fiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

HK : Hong Kong University Press, 2025.

Summary:

The Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-wai explores Wong's acclaimed films, from Days of Being Wild to The Grandmaster, highlighting their lush yet disruptive visual and sonic style. Bettinson examines techniques like narrative breaks, jarring cuts, and obscured faces that jolt viewers out of full immersion. This tenth-anniversary edition includes a new afterword updating Wong's career, revisiting key debates, and introducing fresh critical insights, with reflections on Blossoms Shanghai.

Contents:

Praise

Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Acknowledgments

1. Wong Kar-wai and the Poetics of Hong Kong Cinema

2. Romantic Overtures

3. Partial Views

4. Parallel Lives

color images

5. Frustrating Formulas

6. Appropriations, Reflections, and Future Directions

Afterword

Bibliography

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ISBN:

988-8900-15-3

OCLC:

1519124165