in the mood for love (term 1_ october 2014 updated version used at lecture

8/9/2019 In the Mood for Love (Term 1_ October 2014 Updated Version Used at Lecture

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In the Mood for Love: Restrained,

Unexpressed Feelings Through

Time and Space . . . and ternit!"


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Wongs oeuvre (after CKE)

Chungking Express (1994)

Ashes of Time (1994)

a!!en Ange!s (199")

#app$ Together (199%)

&n the 'oo for ove (*+++)

*+4, (*++4) '$ -!ue.err$ /ights (*++%)

The 0ranmaster (*+1)


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Womens foot3ear8

i hens pink s!ippers an 'o Wans 3ifes hee!s

i hen s!ips into 'o Wans 3ifes hee!s

Costume an ientit$8 What happens to i hens pink s!ippers8

The iea of 2oin2ien2e8


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The affair .et3een their spouses is a!rea$

ongoing .efore the$ move in8

:ara!!e!s .et3een 'o Wan an i hen


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(*) The fi!ms high!$ e!!ipti2a! narrative

;3h$8

6An e!!ipsis is a gap

The narrative is a!so inire2tef!e2ts a ke$ ?uote in the fi!m= @ee!ings 2an

2reep up ust !ike that


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() -roa 2on2erns of &T'

ike CKE7 &T' is 2on2erne 3ith the fo!!o3ing three

.roa an interre!ate 2ategories=

(1) Time

(*) >e!ationships ('o Wan an i hen)

() pa2e7 espe2ia!!$ ar2hite2ture

et me .egin 3ith ()7 though & 3i!! spen the .u!k of the!e2ture on (*) an (1)


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e2tion A= pa2e7 spe2ifi2a!!$

ar2hite2ture (1) ets !ook at the fi!ms fo2us on ar2hite2ture

Crampe apartments in #K

6Think of other 2!austropho.i2a!!$

2rampeDen2!ose spa2es that stif!e an

restrain 'o Wan an i hen

Wa!!s an 2orriorsa motif5 A!so7 the Angkor Wat temp!esmonuments an

ruinsre!ate to the theme of time


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The a!!e$3a$;a 2!austropho.i2 an se2retive spa2e8

The a!!e$3a$ 6 mi3a$ .et3een a pu.!i2 spa2e an

a private spa2e8 (The hote! room is the most private

spa2e


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There are a!!e$3a$ s2eneso!ep!a$ing in a!! three s2enes


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What ro!e oes the ar2hite2ture p!a$8

>i2h 3ith memories

torie7 ri2h!$ texture 3a!!s

&s ar2hite2ture an e!ement of trans2enen2e8

r an e!ement of ruin an e2a$8


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The 3a!!s are e!ements of trans2enen2e if

3e go .$ the examp!e of the Angkor Wat

temp!e8

E?uiva!ent to the @2ansB in CKEthe iea

of preservation


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(*) Think a.out Wongs o22asiona! use of

@empt$B shots7 i


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() &n terms of spa2e7 think a!so a.out ho3

the fi!m shifts .et3een proximit$ an

istan2e6C!oseknit 2ommunit$ in the apartments

6The istan2e .et3een #ong Kong an

ingapore


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e2tion -= >e!ationships= so2ia!

e2orum7 restraint an repression /o3 !et us fo2us on the fi!ms main 2on2ern 3ith

re!ationships< This is a !ong se2tion 3ith % pointsepriman .$ 'rs uen

(%) 'o Wans p!an to !eave for ingapore

6pen a2kno3!egement of fee!ings

6@ee!ings 2an 2reep up ust !ike that


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e2tion = Time

Time an memor$

(1) i!m imp!ies an a2t of retrospe2tion;!ooking

.a2k in time7 a f!ash.a2k< Goes it exp!ain 3h$ the fi!m 2ontains so man$ gaps

an visua! o.stru2tions8 -e2ause memor$ is

f!a3e8

/everthe!ess7 some items are vivi!$ remem.ere7e


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(*) Changes 3rought .$ time (2!earest at

the en in the shifts from 19,* to 19, to

19,,) #o3 rapi!$ the situation has 2hange in 4

$rs in 'rs uens 2!oseknit 2ommunit$5

ike CKE7 this is a fi!m that makes usa3are of time8


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>e!evant ?uote= @That era has passe

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