This was one of the Wong Kar Wai movies I hadn’t seen, and, obviously, once I got a miễn phí copy of it lớn stream online of course I jumped on the opportunity to lớn watch it. This was Wong Kar Wai’s debut as a director, & it starred Andy Lau và the ever-so-brilliant Maggie Cheung, who’d later appear in other of Wong’s films. As Tears Go By was actually the most profitable Wong Kar Wai film out of all of his nineties film in his homeland of Hong Kong, which I found lớn be quite fascinating. Usually, you’d imagine that the value would go up with each movie, not with the first movie he comes out with, right?
I knew nothing about this movie, didn’t even look up the basic synopsis, and I was pleasantly surprised. I’m usually someone who doesn’t like gangster films, but this one worked decently. At the same time, I will admit, it’s not my general cup of tea, but if this is right up your alley, then keep on reading lớn discover more.
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Content
Kind of a big warning, but there’s a bit of incest within this movie. The main character’s cousin, Ngor, comes into Hong Kong because she had an illness/disease in her lungs, và it’s starting to malfunction. She stays with him while in the city, và a romance just brews up? A bit strange, I personally wasn’t a fan hâm mộ of this plotline, especially as they start khổng lồ kiss và whatnot. Perhaps this is because I grew up in a culture where incest is heavily frowned upon, so, perhaps, my cultural bias is really coming in strong here. Not suggesting this is normal at all though in Hong Kong—just my personal experience of it not being culturally normal khổng lồ me as a Western, kind of liberal, viewer.
There’s this one scene after the main character threatens Ngor and she lays on the couch in his apartment, sleeping all innocently. I liked that scene quite a bit, as it had quite sad và mournful music as the moonbeams và light of the radiator splashes all over her face. He stands over her, watching her sleep innocently, và smokes a cigarette. Something about that scene really got khổng lồ me man. Và then they act lượt thích nothing happens the next morning, peacefully eating their breakfast.
I found this movie lớn be a bit harder to lớn watch at times because I just didn’t care about the male lead or anyone under him in the crime world. His job is to be the debt collector & his subordinate is an idiot who constantly gets himself into trouble, setting up the conflicts in this film. In general, I think they’re all idiots for getting caught up in these kinds of things on a daily basis.
In terms of cinematography, we see hints of Wong’s future greatness in his choice of màu sắc and shots. He plays with movement, particularly in violent scenes, to lớn make them seem lượt thích they’re in staggered motion. Lots of blues và muted color palettes during these kinds of scenes, since they’re a bit darker in nature. Lights are used more in scenes with Ngor.
Overall Thoughts
The only thing echoing in my head right now as I sit to type this final stretch of the review is that wow, Maggie Cheung looks so young in this film. At the kết thúc of the day, this is an okay film. It’s a must-watch if you’re a Wong Kar-Wai fan, of course, since you kind of has to lớn watch all of his movies. But because you come in with this expectation that it’s a WKW movie, you expect more of his later style in the nineties films. You’re not going to lớn find that as much in this film. It’s a strong debut, but since we’re talking about a director who has become quite renowned for a particular style, this just doesn’t quite match up.
Where lớn watch As Tears Go By
SubscriptionWatch As Tears Go By for không tính phí on Max, The Criterion Channel.
Love for a distant relative causes a Chinese gangster (Andy Lau) to consider leaving the triad. Show More
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): May 2, 2008 original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 17, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.4K
Runtime: 1h 42m
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