Hong Kong Film Awards: Best Actor (Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai), Best Actress (ZHANG Ziyi), Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume and Makeup Design), and Best Original Film Score; nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Design, and Best Visual Effects
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards: Best Actor (Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai), Best Actress (ZHANG Ziyi), and Film of Merit
Golden Horse Awards (Taiwan): Best Art Direction and Best Original Film Score; nominated for Best Feature Film, Best Leading Actor (Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai), Best Leading Actress (ZHANG Ziyi), Best Cinematography, Best Makeup and Costume Design, and Best Sound Effects
Color, 124 minutes
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS (2007)
藍莓之夜 / LAN MEI ZHI YE (THE NIGHT OF BLUEBERRY)
Hong Kong, USA, France
Production companies: Block 2 Pictures, Studio Canal, Jet Tone
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai, Lawrence BLOCK
Producers: WONG Kar-wai, Jacky PANG Yee-wah
Director of photography: Darius KHONDJI
Editor: William CHANG Suk-ping
Art director: Judy RHEE
Production designer: William CHANG Suk-ping
Costume designers: William CHANG Suk-ping, Sharon GLOBERSON
Music: Ry COODER
Cast: Jude LAW, Norah JONES, David STRATHAIRN, Rachel WEISZ, Natalie PORTMAN
Color, 95 minutes
ASHES OF TIME REDUX (2008)
東邪西毒終極版 / DONG XIE XI DU ZHONG JI BAN (THE ULTIMATE VERSION OF EASTERN HERETIC, WESTERN VENOM)
Hong Kong
Production companies: Scholar, Block 2 Pictures, Jet Tone
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai
Producers: WONG Kar-wai, Jacky PANG Yee-wah
Editor: William CHANG Suk-ping
Additional music: WU Tong
Color: 93 minutes
THE GRANDMASTER (2013)
—代宗師 / YI DAI ZONG SHI (THE MASTER OF THE GENERATION) Hong Kong, China
Production companies: Block 2 Pictures, Jet Tone, Sil-Metropole
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai, ZOU Jingzhi, XU Haofeng
Producers: WONG Kar-wai, Jacky PANG Yee-wah
Director of photography: Philippe LE SOURD
Editor: William CHANG Suk-ping
Art directors: William CHANG Suk-ping, Alfred YAU Wai-ming
Martial arts director: YUEN Woo-ping
Music: Shigeru UMEBAYASHI, Nathaniel MECHALY
Cast: Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai, ZHANG Ziyi, Max ZHANG Jin, ZHAO Benshan, SONG Hye-kyo, CHANG Chen
Hong Kong Film Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (ZHANG Ziyi), Best Supporting Actor (Max ZHANG Jin), Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Costume and Makeup Design, Best Action Choreography, Best Original Film Score, and Best Sound Design; nominated for Best Actor (Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai) and Best Visual Effects
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards: Best Film and Best Actress (ZHANG Ziyi) Golden Horse Awards (Taiwan): Best Actress (ZHANG Ziyi), Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Makeup and Costume Design, and Audience Choice Award; nominated for Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Leading Actor (Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai), Best Action Choreography, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound Effects
Academy Awards: nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design Color, 130 minutes (Hong Kong and China); 123 minutes (International); 108 minutes (USA); 111 minutes (3D version)
Anthology Films
THE HAND (2004)
《愛神》之〈手〉 / AI SHEN ZHI SHOU (THE HAND IN EROS)
One of the three segments in Eros
Hong Kong
Production companies: Block 2 Pictures, Jet Tone
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai
Producer: WONG Kar-wai, Jacky PANG Yee-wah
Director of photography: Christopher DOYLE
Editor: William CHANG Suk-ping
Art director: Alfred YAU Wai-ming
Production designer: William CHANG Suk-ping
Music: Peer RABEN
Cast: GONG Li, CHANG Chen, TIN Fung
Color, 48 minutes (in Eros); 60 minutes (screening at Hong Kong International Film Festival)
I TRAVELLED 9000 KM TO GIVE IT TO YOU (2007)
One of the thirty-four segments in To Each His Own Cinema for the sixtieth anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival
Production company: Block 2 Pictures
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai
Producers: WONG Kar-wai, Jacky PANG Yee-wah, Gilles CIMENT
Director of photography: KWAN Pun-leung
Editor: William CHANG Suk-ping
Production designer: William CHANG Suk-ping
Cast: FAN Chih-wei, Farini CHANG Yui-ling
Color, 3 minutes 49 seconds
Commercials and Other Short Films
TO MAKE YOU HAPPY (1992)
討你歡心 / TAO NI HUAN XIN (TO MAKE YOU HAPPY)
Music video for Tracy HUANG Ying-ying
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Director of photography: Christopher DOYLE
Art director: William CHANG Suk-ping
Music: Johnny CHEN
Cast: Tracy HUANG Ying-ying, Tony LEUNG Kar-fai
Color, 4 minutes
WKW/TK/1996@7’55”HK.NET (1996)
For Takeo KIKUCHI
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Director of photography: Christopher DOYLE
Cast: Tadanobu ASANO, Karen MOK
Color, 7 minutes 55 seconds
STARTAC (1997)
Commercial for Motorola
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Cast: Faye WONG, Tadanobu ASANO
Color, 3 minutes
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000)
花樣年華 / HUA YANG NIAN HUA (THE AGE OF FLOWERS)
Music video for Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai and Niki WU
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Editor: William CHANG Suk-ping
Music: Sandee CHAN
Cast: Tony LEUNG Chiu-Wai, Niki WU
Color, 4 minutes 15 seconds
HUA YANG DE NIAN HUA (2000)
花樣的年華 / HUA YANG DE NIAN HUA (THE AGE OF FLOWERS)
Montage of images from old Hong Kong films
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Archival footage selected by WONG Kar-wai
Editor: William CHANG Suk-ping
Music: “The Age of Flowers”(花樣的年華)(singer: ZHOU Xuan, composer: FAN Yan-qiao, lyricist: LIN Mei)
Color, 2 minutes 28 seconds
UN MATIN PARTOUT DANS LE MONDE (2000)
(ONE MORNING EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD)
Commercial for JC Decaux
WONG Kar-wai directing the Hong Kong part
Color, 1 minute
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 2001 (2001)
Short film shown at the Cannes Film Festival under the rubric “Leçon de Cinéma”
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai
Cast: Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai, Maggie CHEUNG
THE FOLLOW (2001)
Commercial for BMW
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Screenplay: Andrew Kevin WALKER
Director of photography: Harris SAVIDES
Editor: William CHANG Suk-ping
Art director: Artin WHIS
Production designer: William CHANG Suk-ping
Cast: Clive OWEN, Mickey ROURKE, Adriana LIMA
Color, 8 minutes
DANS LA VILLE (2002)
(IN THE TOWN)
Commercial for Orange S.A.
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Color, 41 seconds
LA RENCONTRE (2002)
(THE MEETING)
; Commercial for Lacoste
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Director of photography: Eric GAUTIER
Music: Shigeru UMEBAYASHI
Cast: CHANG Chen, Diane DE MAC-MAHON
Color, 1 minute
SIX DAYS (2002)
Music video for DJ Shadow
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Director of photography: Christopher DOYLE
Music: DJ Shadow
Cast: CHANG Chen
Color, 3 minutes 41 seconds
THE CAPTURE TOTALE COMMERCIAL (2005)
Commercial for Christian Dior
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Cast: Sharon STONE
Color, 30 seconds
THE HYPNÔSE HOMME COMMERCIAL (2006)
Commercial for Lancôme Paris
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Cast: Clive OWEN, Daria WERBOWY
Color, 20 seconds
THE MIDNIGHT POISON COMMERCIAL (2007)
Commercial for Christian Dior
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Music: “Space Dementia” by Muse
Cast: Eva GREEN
Color, 1 minute
THERE’S ONLY ONE SUN (2007)
Commercial for Philips
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai
Director of photography: Philippe LE SOURD
Editor: William CHANG Suk-ping
Production and costume designer: William CHANG Suk-ping
Cast: Amélie DAURE, Gianpaolo LUPORI, Stefan MORAWIETZ
Color, 9 minutes
BUSINESS / WHITE / BLACK (2007)
Set of three commercials for Softbank
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Cast: Brad PITT
Color, 1 minute 30 seconds
NOTORIOUS (2008)
Commercial for Ralph Lauren
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Cast: Laetitia CASTA
B&W, 1 minute
BLUEBERRY DAYS (2008)
Commercial for Louis Vuitton
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Cast: Natalie PORTMAN
Color, 2 minutes 5 seconds
MASK (2011)
Commercial for Shu Uemura
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Cast: Sandrine PINNA
Color, 46 seconds
DÉJÀ VU (2012)
(ALREADY SEEN)
Set of two commercials for Chivas
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai
Director of photography: Philippe LE SOURD
Editor: Ronald ZEE, Marut SEELZACHAROEN
Cast: CHANG Chen, DU Juan
Music: Roel A. GARCIA
Color, 4 minutes
REGENERATION (2014)
再生 / ZAI SHEN (REGENERATION)
Commercial for Maysu
Director: WONG Kar-wai
Cast: SHU Qi
Color, 1 minute 30 seconds
AS SCRIPTWRITER
Feature Films
ONCE UPON A RAINBOW (1982)
彩雲曲 / CAI YUN QU (THE SONG OF RAINBOW)
Hong Kong
Production company: Cinema City
Director: Agnes NG Siu-wan
Screenplay: HO Hon-kiu, WONG Kar-wai, LO Man-sang, YEE Chung-man
Producer: Teddy Robin KWAN
JUST FOR FUN (1983)
空心大少爺 / KONG XIN DA SHAO YE (THE BROKE PLAYBOY)
Hong Kong
Production company: Always Good
Director: Frankie CHAN Fan-kei
Screenplay: Frankie CHAN Fan-kei, WU Ma, WONG Kar-wai
Producers: Frankie CHAN Fan-kei, Guy LAI Ying-chau
SILENT ROMANCE (1984)
伊人再見 / YI REN ZAI JIAN (GOODBYE FAIR LADY)
Hong Kong
Production company: Always Good
Director: Frankie CHAN Fan-kei
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai, Barry WONG Ping-yiu
Producers: Frankie CHAN Fan-kei, Guy LAI Ying-chau
CHASE A FORTUNE (1985)
吉人天相 / Ji REN TIAN XIANG (GOOD FORTUNE FOR THE GOOD PEOPLE)
Hong Kong
Production company: Always Good
Director: LIU Wai-hung
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai
Producer: Guy LAI Ying-chau
UNFORGETTABLE FANTASY (1985)
小狐仙 / XIAO HU XIAN (LITTLE FOX FAIRY)
Hong Kong
Production company: Always Good
Director: Frankie CHAN Fan-kei
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai
Producer: Frankie CHAN Fan-kei
THE INTELLECTUAL TRIO (1985)
龍鳳智多星 / LONG FENG ZHI DUO XING (THE QUICK-WITTED TRIO)
Hong Kong
Production company: Always Good
Director: Guy LAI Ying-chau
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai, Barry WONG Ping-yiu
Producer: Guy LAI Ying-chau
ROSA (1986)
神勇雙響炮續集 / SHEN YONG SHUANG XIANG PAO XU JI (THE BRAVE TWIN CANNONS SEQUEL)
Hong Kong
Production company: Golden Harvest
Director: Joe CHEUNG Tung-cho
Screenplay: Barry WONG Ping-yiu, WONG Kar-wai
Producer: Sammo HUNG Kam-bo
SWEET SURRENDER (1986)
我要金龜婿 / WO YAO JIN GUI XU (I WANT A WEALTHY HUSBAND)
Hong Kong
Production company: Always Good
Director: Frankie CHAN Fan-kei
Screenplay: Frankie CHAN Fan-kei, WONG Kar-wai, Chan Fai-hung
Producer: Frankie CHAN Fan-kei
GOODBYE MY LOVE (1986)
惡男 / E NAN (NOTORIOUS MAN)
Hong Kong
Production company: Always Good
Director: Frankie CHAN Fan-kei
Screenplay: Frankie CHAN Fan-kei, WONG Kar-wai
Producer: Frankie CHAN Fan-kei
FINAL VICTORY (1987)
最後勝禾 / ZUI HOU SHENG LI (FINAL VICTORY)
Hong Kong
Production company: D & B
Director: Patrick TAM Ka-ming
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai
Producer: John SHAM Kin-fun
THE HAUNTED COP SHOP (1987)
猛鬼差館 / MENG GUI CAI GUAN (THE HAUNTED POLICE STATION)
Hong Kong
Production company: In-Gear
Director: Jeff LAU Chun-wai
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai, Jeff LAU Chun-wai
Producer: Alan TANG Kwong-wing
THE FLAME BROTHERS (1987)
江湖龍虎鬥 / JIANG HU LONG HU DOU (THE BATTLE OF TRIADS)
Hong Kong
Production company: In-Gear
Director: Joe CHEUNG Tung-cho
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai
Producer: Alan TANG Kwong-wing
WALK ON FIRE (1988)
獵鷹計劃 / LIE YING JI HUA (THE PLAN OF EAGLE-HUNTING)
Hong Kong
Production company: Seasonal
Director: Norman LAW Man
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai
Producer: NG See-yuen
RETURN ENGAGEMENT (1990)
再戰江湖 / ZAI ZHAN JIANG HU (THE RETURN TO THE TRIAD)
Hong Kong
Production companies: In-Gear, Fu On
Director: Joe CHEUNG Tung-cho
Screenplay: Joe CHEUNG Tung-cho, WONG Kar-wai
Producer: Alan TANG Kwong-wing
SAVIOUR OF THE SOUL (1991)
九一神鵰俠侶 / JIU YI SHEN DIAO XIA LU (THE EAGLE-SHOOTING HEROES 91)
Hong Kong
Production company: Team Work
Director: Corey YUEN Kwai, David LAI
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai
Producers: David LAI, CHAN Pui-wah
AS PRODUCER
Feature Films
DONG CHENG XI JIU (1993)
射鵰英雄傳之東成西就 / SHE DIAO YING XIONG ZHUAN ZHI DONG CHENG XI JIU (EASTERN SUCCESS WESTERN ACHI
EVEMENT OF THE LEGEND OF THE CONDOR HEROES)
Hong Kong
Production companies: Jet Tone, Scholars
Director: Jeff LAU Chun-wai
Screenplay: Jeff LAU Chun-wai
Producer: WONG Kar-wai
FIRST LOVE: THE LITTER ON THE BREEZE (1997)
初纏恋后的二人世界 / CHU CHAN LIAN HOU DE ER REN SHI JIE (ROMANCE AFTER THE FIRST ENCOUNTER)
Hong Kong
Production companies: Block 2 Pictures, Amuse Group, Jet Tone
Director: Eric KOT Man-fai
Screenplay: Ocean CHAN Hoi-kei, Patrick KONG
Producers: WONG Kar-wai, Yokichi OSATO
CHINESE ODYSSEY 2002 (2002)
天下無雙 / TIAN XIA WU SHUANG (THE FIRST IN THE WORLD)
Hong Kong
Production companies: Block 2 Pictures, Hakuhodou, Jet Tone
Director: Jeff LAU Chun-wai
Screenplay: Jeff LAU Chun-wai
Producer: WONG Kar-wai
SEE YOU TOMORROW (2016)
擺渡人 / BAI DU REN (THE FERRYMAN)
Hong Kong, China
Production companies: Jet Tone, Alibaba Pictures
Director: ZHANG Jiajia
Screenplay: WONG Kar-wai, ZHANG Jiajia
Producers: WONG Kar-wai, Jacky PANG Yee-wah
Wong Kar-wai: Interviews
Wong Kar-wai on As Tears Go By
Lok Ching / 1988
From City Entertainment (Hong Kong). No. 241 (pp. 24-25). Interview conducted in Cantonese in 1988. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Translated by Silver Wai-ming Lee from Chinese.
The test-screening room was almost full when I entered. The film had started before I settled down in the smoke-filled room. I had lots of questions when watching the film. After the screening, I sat down with director Wong Kar-wai and asked him some questions.
Wong is the screenwriter of Once upon a Rainbow. He met Patrick Tam after joining Always Good Film where he conceptualized Final Victory and Sweet Surrender. After overcoming some obstacles, he eventually directed his first film.
Lok Ching: Why is it titled Mong Kok Carmen?
Wong Kar-wai: Mong Kok Carmen is actually another story about a love story between a young police inspector and a dancehall girl. I set the story of Carmen in Mong Kok.1 But some actors thought I was filming that story. When asked by journalists what they were making, the actors said it was “Mong Kok Carmen.” I originally wanted to revise [the title], but everyone thought there was nothing wrong with it. So we just let it be.
LC: How did you come up with the idea of the film?
WKW: I had the story outline of As Tears Go By before writing Final Victory. It was inspired by a very short piece of news: two underage youngsters were instigated by the gang to kill someone. After getting paid and having a wild night of fun, they took action.
LC: Can you analyze the personalities of the three main characters?