Episode 102: DAYS OF BEING WILD (1990)

From the opening shots of Wong Kar-wai’s DAYS OF BEING WILD (1990), it’s clear that the real world is less important than making its characters – and its audience – feel. Harry calls it “almost Lynchian," using vague timelines and liminal spaces to foreground moment-to-moment emotion rather than adhere to a prescriptive structure. Without a single clear perspective or identity, it’s communicating the essential dependency every person has on the people and world around them. Whether or not we realize it, we all draw strength from that dependency – but some wield it against each other. 1:09:08 - The Aaron Grossman Wong Kari-wai Filmed Apartment Quality Index (AGWKWFAQI) 1:13:02 - Cody’s Noteys (Cheung Chrivia) 1:26:01 - Aaron fucks around, finds out Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/ “Years of being obscure” by David Bordwell: http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2008/06/24/years-of-being-obscure/ Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “Perfidia” by Xavier Cugat, the Mambo King.