Wong Kar Wai fan

I never knew i could appreciate "romantic" movies. at least thats what i told myself, until curiosity got the better of me and i rented "2046" from our friendly neighbourhood VideoEzy. Took me a long time to finally watch this movie, i mean, i'm in the middle of a "hongkong movie" fest. heh heh

i love the way it was made, the themes, the seemingly "unspoken" narratives, plot wise, i think it flowed very well. i can see why he took 5 years to make this.

since that, i've been renting all sorts of movies of the same types, hoping i can catch a glimpse, a strand of artistic thread for me to create a piece of work just like it, with dashes of my own strokes.

but wong kar wai still rocks. his partnership with christopher doyle (the cinematographer) is really great, i can see how they've broken rules in general movie-making and made the rules to bend in their favor.

ah, it's a bittersweet moment for me, watching movies like that and knowing that it'll take us YEARS to hit even that standard.

i know, i'm impatient.