The Beauty of Fallen Angels

墮落天使 Fallen Angels (1995)
A Wong Kar-wai film

Cinematography: Christopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping Bin, Chan Kwok-Hung

The movie is composed of two stories that have little to do with each other except for a few casual run-ins when some of the characters happen to be in the same place at the same time. Both stories take place in Hong Kong.

Score: Fallen Angels Soundtrack (by Frankie Chan Fan-Kei & Roel A. Garcia)
#17 - The Killer’s Death (ft. Robinson Randriaharimalala) (03:40)

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[gj]

The aesthetic in this movie is beautiful and melancholy af

[JessicaGrey]

My favorite scene in this movie is when the hitman leaves the blonde girl and before he leaves she bites him and she says that he might not remember her but he will remember that bite and he says remembering her doesn't actually matter because he was just a stopover in the journey of her life, not her final destination. At least that's what I understood from the subtitles!

[peepoSano]

a movie that feels you're watching someone's memories/dreams

[elaberes]

I’m a 15 year old teenage girl and I’m obsessed with Wong Kar-Wai’s films. I love to edit videos and take pictures and watch films in my free time and these are the only things I truly enjoy doing. Fallen Angels is the most beautiful film I’ve ever seen and it inspired me a lot. It’s really beautiful.

[boxerlobsters]

Just watched this film, completely blown by the aesthetics! Never seen such shots tbh

[JESUS-qrdf]

just got done watching this movie, best movie i have ever seen tbh, can't wait to one day shoot my own one, and be inspired by this one again

[SO-rqpm]

Fallen Angels is such a fantastic and beautiful movie that I was so utterly impressed when I saw it during its first release back in 1995. Though I wasn't able to fully appreciate that film (I was too young at the time), I just loved it a lot. 20 years later when I watched it again, I love it even more! A masterpiece. Also very glad that Wong Kar Wai has made an excellent record and memory of what Hong Kong was like pre-1997!

[BatmanCK]

Thank you, Christopher Doyle. You absolutely nailed it with this film.

[kirammen]

This movie is depressing in a beautiful way

[aniketdattatrey]

Fallen Angels is a masterpiece! It's a cinematic hidden gem. 🦋

[vampLotte]

I watched this film last night and loved every second of it.

[Heisenberg]

So true. FA is the reason when I fell in love with the imagery of Wong Kar Wai. Some years later I was lucky to get paid watching the Nathan Road from... the nineteenth floor of the Four Seasons Hotel over on the other side on HK island. Nice move... oh lords of fate!

[nilmanidey]

Is there any film who can truly beat this masterpiece? Simply blown by the aesthetic and wide angle lens in Wong kar Wai's sir film.

[Itsokay]

My favourite wong kar wai movie, its almost a tradition to watch it every year

[remka]

One of my favorite film ever (with Chunking Express). The photography in general (the 6.8mm focale, but also colors, composition), the pacing, the music (Shirley Kwan ❤), the characters...

[sophylasuh]

All leading lines taking me directly to cinematic heaven

[xochitlbk]

This film makes me depressed in the tenderest way <3

[troyhayder]

One of the cooler things I've seen on YouTube...

[luckyimmordif]

the only way i'd be able to explain how this film makes me feel is the way "After Dark" by Murakami made me dream and imagine such a dreamy and dark tokyo nightlife

[Structure-cx]

This aesthetic reminds me of Midgar in the original Final Fantasy VII.