About this episode

T Lo explores the themes and aesthetics of Wong Kar-Wai's film 'In the Mood for Love'.

T Lo dive deep into director Wong Kar-Wai's moody, dreamy reflection on unrequited love in 1960 Hong Kong, "In the Mood for Love," starring Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung. The dresses! The sets! The music! The sensuously moody and occasionally steamy atmosphere! The noodles! They unpack all of it in order to get to the answer of whether or not these two people were in love or just in pain together.

People in this episode

Host: Tom Lorenzo

Topics covered

• unrequited love
• film analysis
• Wong Kar-Wai
• cinematography
• Hong Kong cinema

Keywords

• In the Mood for Love
• Wong Kar-Wai
• Tony Leung
• Maggie Cheung
• unrequited love
• Hong Kong
• film analysis
• cinematography

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: In the Mood for Love

Places: Hong Kong

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