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Wong Kar-wai is a highly acclaimed filmmaker from Hong Kong, recognized for his visually stunning and emotionally rich films. His work frequently delves into intricate human relationships and is celebrated for its artistic and cinematic excellence.

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Giving Sometimes Actors Silence Talking Too Much Encouragement Pressure Comment Gifted Silence Is Skillful Talking Too Much

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“Im a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs.”

Art Bigs Film Novel Fans Program Radio Martial Arts Art Films

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“I think one day I can make a book about coffee shops in Hong Kong. I spent almost most of my time in coffee shops, in different coffee shops.”

Thinking I Can Book Different One Day Coffee My Time Shops Hong Kong Coffee Shop

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“My mother has a very big family in Shanghai, so I have, like, almost 40 cousins, so we stayed together all the time. So by the time I get to Hong Kong, I become the only child and the only one surrounded by adults, you know.”

Knows Children Bigs Together Mother Adults Cousin Hong Kong Only Child Big Families Shanghai

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform. But if you dress up in a police officer's uniform, it doesn't mean that you are an officer; it can mean something else. But this is the starting point, and the best way is to not to fit into this uniform but to make this uniform a part of yourself.”

Ifs Way Mean Problem Certain Fit Police Dresses Starting Best Way Genre Officers Uniforms Police Officer Starting Point

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“I always think to shoot action scenes is not really about the stunts. It's more about an expression and about imagination.”

Thinking Action Imagination Expression Scene

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“I'm not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films.”

School Film Cinema Film School

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“I wanted to know what exactly martial arts is. When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and more exaggerated. It's like, wow, is martial arts only a show?”

Knows Looks Art Shows Wanted Film Art Is Martial Arts Wow Exaggerated Art Films

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“What makes international cinema so interesting is that each territory has its own sensibility. When you look at an Indian or French film, there's a certain flavor. And even though the language is different, if the film is successful, it has something very common and understandable.”

Ifs Looks Different Film Certain Language Interesting Common Successful International Indian Cinema Territory Sensibility Flavor

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“In a way, this is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema - Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It was for propaganda. But Hong Kong made films to entertain, and they know how to communicate with international audiences.”

Knows Way Made Film Community Differences Audience Know How International Communicate Chinese Propaganda Cinema Hong Kong

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“There are certain types of genres that are impossible in China. Ghost stories, something too graphic, too violent, and of course if it's too political. Other than that, it will be fine.”

Ifs Stories Political Certain Courses Impossible Fine Type China Violent Ghost Genre Graphic Ghost Stories

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“We're all unlucky in love sometimes. When I am, I go jogging. The body loses water when you jog, so you have none left for tears.”

Sometimes Body Left Water Loses Tears Unlucky Jogging

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“I think the martial arts tradition has a big influence on our generation - we all read these novels when we were very young.”

Thinking Art Bigs Young Novel Generations Influence Tradition Martial Arts Our Generation

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform.”

Problem Certain Genre Uniforms

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“I'm not afraid to delay the schedule to make sure that this is the film that I want, that this is the best that I can do at that point.”

Want I Can Film Can Do Not Afraid Schedules Delay

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“People are very surprised when they come to Hong Kong after seeing my films, because my version of it is quite different than Hong Kong in reality.”

People Different Reality Film Seeing Versions Hong Kong

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“My films are never about what Hong Kong is like, or anything approaching a realistic portrait, but what I think about Hong Kong and what I want it to be.”

Thinking Want Film Realistic Portraits Hong Kong

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas.”

Kids School Film Cinema My Time

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“Normally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in my way of doing things, I have the actors in my mind already, so I'm trying to borrow something that's unique to them. The characters have a very natural connection to the actors themselves.”

People Way Writing Trying Mind Character Stories Certain Actors Natural Unique Connections Scripts Casts My Way Filmmaker

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don't make them happy. They want to change, but they need something to push them. I think it's mostly love that causes them to break their routines and move on.”

People Thinking Want Needs Film Moving Certain Causes Deals Break Habit Stuck

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“Love is all a matter of timing. It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.”

Love Persons Matter Dream Time Love Is Late Meetings Filmmaker Too Late Timing Right Person

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love.”

Author:Wong Kar-wai

“I'm not coming from film school. I learned cinema in the cinema watching films, so you always have a curiosity. I say, 'Well, what if I make a film in this genre? What if I make this film like this?'”

Ifs Wells School Film Curiosity Genre Cinema What If Film School

Author:Wong Kar-wai

About the Author

Born: July 17, 1958
Known for: Filmmaker
Quotes: 23

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