Oh how do I love Wong Kar-Wai...let me count the ways:
- I love that he makes films out of pure, unadulterated emotion with no script.
- I love that he is perhaps the most visually gifted filmmaker of this (or maybe?) any generation.
- I love that he uses the same and yet, most gifted of asian actors for all of his films, including Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung.
- I love that he understands so well, maybe more than anyone, the sentiments of heartbreak as well as the feelings of love and loss. It is never some trite, contrived version of human emotion.
- I love that the last lines of Chungking Express are so simple yet so perfect.
- I love that he repeatedly uses pop songs throughout an entire film to emphasize their effect and context.
- I love that In the Mood for Love hits all the right notes and pains your heart just to watch the two main characters interact.
- I love that 2046 is so strangely compelling, yet heartbreaking.
- I love that when I am watching one of his films, I feel every sentiment he is trying to convey with all of the lucidity imaginable.
- I love that he is one the best filmmakers working today.
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