EVERY photographer should watch this filmmaker

Welcome to another episode and today we’re exploring the work of Wong Kar-Wai, an incredible filmmaker who has for years been creating films that can teach us much about storytelling, photography, subjectivity and much more! I hope you enjoy and this video is helpful in anyway. Thank you so much for watching & supporting the channel.

Work & Socials

More on Wong Kar-Wai

Films Mentioned throughout the video & Recommended

Music
Yumeji's Theme by Cécile Ensemble
California Dreamin’ by The Mamas and the Papas
Cover by Morgan & Ruben Cáceres

Video Breakdown
00:00 Intro
01:27 Photography: Celebrating Life by Reminiscing the past
02:50 On timelessness & Subjectivity
05:44 Cinematic: Nostalgia & Saturated Colours
10:20 A legless bird…outro

Every photographer should watch this filmmaker
by Tatiana Hopper
November 2022

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[Paulx]

Wong Kar Wai is the writer and director of these Amazing movies, but cinematographer "Christopher Doyle" deserves credit for how beautiful the movies look.

[DanielJerezKlein]

I have my chamomile tea. The Patagonian wind blows strong through Bariloche. And Tatiana premieres a new video. It's a nice break.

[lucifelmartell]

Wong kar Wai + Christopher Doyle = pure magic. My personal favourites are Days of being wild In the mood for love and chunking express.

[fuzzyfl]

Wong Kar-Wai is among the most celebrated film makers in Asia and he’s got top tier Asian actors, such as Tony Leung, in every single movie he’s ever made. I’m so happy you posted this video on him as I’ve been a fan for decades.

[TheCompleteGuitarist]

Love the framing and the filters, looking through windows, reflections, doorways. The sense of depth of field. No lens induced bokeh, so refreshing.

[joetrent]

I love Wong Kar-Wai movies. Two of my favourites are In The Mood For Love and the sequel 2046. The way many of the shots are like a frame within a frame are so unique and really inspiring. Inspiration in photography is definitely not restricted to just other photographers and their photographs. Zhang Yimou is another inspirational filmmaker I really like (Crouching Tiger, Hero, House of Flying Daggers).

[davidkieltyka]

IMO In The Mood For Love is the most beautiful sad film ever made. It’s kinda/sorta sequel, 2046, is good too but also a very different thing.

Back in late August I saw ITMFL on a plane flight…the flight and the film were almost exactly the same length. First time I’d seen it in maybe a decade. I didn’t have earbuds so there was no sound, but between the subtitles and my memory I didn’t need to hear anything. I was so drawn in all over again by it that I soon after I bought the 4K restorations of Wong’s films and have since been luxuriating in them. What a filmmaker!

[josephpalos]

This man and Christopher Doyle are honestly the reason I fell in love with photography and the art of cinematography, I loved them before, but watching these films reminded me so much of myself that I was shown just how powerful the art of "imagery" can be, love this!

[aaronthecameraguy]

Christopher Doyle, the main cinematographer for Wong Kar - wai, is also quite the character to look into. Great video!

[albertoskytwins]

I watched In the Mood for Love a couple days ago and every scene is just perfectly composed, the colours and everything is so amazing and inspiring, I'll definitely be watching more of his films

[nicksucio]

"all the leaves are brown
and the sky is grey"
In the mood for love & Fallen Angels are my favorite

[michelphilippeLehaire]

Thank you for talking about Wong Kar-Wai who is for me a genius. I particularly like directors who have a real photographic vision. Wim Wenders is one of them, and of course Orson Welles. These directors always have a strong artistic relationship with their director of photography. Edmond Richard, the director of photography of Orson Welles' film The Trial, said how difficult it was to satisfy him photographically. As far as I'm concerned, The Trial and Mr. Arkadin were the two films that particularly taught me how to use very wide angle lenses and how to compose oblique framing, but all Orson Welles' films are photography lessons.

[dfigphoto]

Your videos are a breath of fresh air and so important within the photography community and especially the one of YouTube. Fixated on gear, gimmicks and all around non art. Thank you. Wong Kar-Wai is hugely inspirational and it’s great to see his work being appreciated. Your analysis was just 😍

[deanwongzy]

Honestly glad that more people are watching WKW's films now and I was really excited to see a video from you on it!

[bhop.builds]

Wow, thanks for making this video. Wong Kar Wai has been in my top movie directors list since I first saw Chungking Express in the 90s. I've seen all of his directed movies since (Fallen Angels is probably my fave) and they're all masterpieces of cinematography and storytelling. It's just a shame that his filmography list is so short. I haven't watched one of his movies in a while, but seeing the scenes in your video made me feel that bit of inspiration that I get from his scenes.

[karymefranca]

Just find out your channel and I'm sooo happy to see a video about two subjects that I love: photography and Wong Kar-Wai movies! I really love his work and every time I watch his movies I felt so inspired by everything: the colours, the framing, the scenes!

[silvestersze]

I was born and grew up in HK. This’s one of my favorite directors. You probably have already watched 2046

[ktdssyq]

Days of Being Wild is also one of my favorites

[williambolton]

For me, "The Grandmaster" is his masterpiece. It's amazing in every respect, story, cinematography, action and acting/characterizations. I don't believe there's a superfluous frame in it.

[tedphillips]

Your channel is clearly one of the best on Utube. Maybe the best for appreciating & understanding photography.