Wong Kar-wai: In The Mood for Love

Shhh, don’t tell the neighbors we cheated… because Ben’s Deep Cut pick isn’t really a deep cut at all! We enter the forlorn, romantic world of Wong Kai-wai’s most critically acclaimed film: In the Mood for Love (2000), starring the incomparable Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung. Ben tries his darndest to find the flaws in his favorite film of all time, Wilson admires the impeccable craft of Wong and all his key collaborators, while Eli finally tries his turn at being the villain (!!) in our discussion.

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Cover art by: Justina Yam.

CREW:

Director: Wong Kar-wai

Producers: Wong Kar-wai, Chan Ye-cheng

Writers: Wong Kar-wai

Editors: William Chang, Wong Ming-Lam

Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle, Kwan Pung-Leung, Mark Lee Ping-Bing

Production Designer & Costumes: William Chang

Art Direction: Man Lim-Chung

Sound: Tang Shiang-Chu Kuo Li-Chi

Make-up Artist: Kwan Lee-na

CAST:

Chow Mo-Wan: Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Su Li-Zhen (Mrs Chan): Maggie Cheung

Mrs Suen: Rebecca Pan

Ping: Siu Ping-lam