Fallen Angels
feel so bad for my boy He Zhiwu. Bro fell in love and literally couldn’t tell her how he felt. I can’t express my feelings due to a lack of confidence and because im too scared, but he physically can’t even tell her how much he likes her. And then when they meet again, she doesn’t even recognize him, and he still can’t tell her. I felt so bad for him because despite him being there for her when she was at her lowest, he never meant anything to her, and in the end it was always about the other guy.
Wong Kar-wai is easily the best director at showing loneliness, yearning, and love. Nobody does it like him, and this film is a superb example of it. Every shot of Michele Reis’ character (the killer’s partner) does an excellent job of showcasing how lonely she is and how she dreams and yearns for her partner, who she can barely even contact, and also how isolated she is from the world, for example, when she just sits there nonchalantly while the dudes fight behind her.
It’s just so beautiful.
Watching this film a second time really made me realize how perfect it is and how Wong Kar-wai deserves to get glazed even more. I mean, I don’t need to talk about how beautiful it is and how great the cinematography is, because it’s Wong Kar-wai, so it’s what you would expect. But that soundtrack was also just perfect. “1818” is just mesmerizing. The highlight of the film for me has to be the ending in the tunnel with “Only You” playing, because wow, it was just so great and kind of described the film, and it was just such a vibe to end it with. Plus, that tunnel is just so aesthetic.
Why can’t real life just be a Wong Kar-wai movie?