In the Mood for Love, Hongkong, (2000)
Aka Fa Yeung Nin Wa
Directed by Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung
Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love is a masterfully-crafted visual and emotional encounter which fuels our imagination to go beyond what is seen and to listen to such dramatic emotions even in the midst of the deafening silence. True to its title, it sets the mood for love- an intense feeling often distorted and misconstrued these days. It's unhurried, hence, it allows us to explore its alluring dimensions, through its main characters. The sense of uncertainty, fear, and desire floats in the air evidently. Yet even when it revolves around a strong emotion such as love, it never gives away the 'I Love Yous' often expected from romance flicks. But it surely does tug something within us- that often familiar feeling of falling in and out of love.
Not so vibrant as opposed to the other Wong Kar Wai films, it's nonetheless artistic and stylized. Classy production design, splendid cinematography, resonant musical score, among others. In the Mood for Love definitely serenades us with the rich and pervasive allegro and adagio of unrequited love.
It encapsulates such a thing as "it's complicated" in today's relationship status.
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