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PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2009 11:54 pm 
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Hello!

I'm writing my International Baccaulaureate Extended Essay on the aesthetics of Wong Kar Wai's films, but have not decided on which particular influence I'm going to focus on. These can be fine art and film movements. So far I've thought of:

* Pop-Art
* German Expressionism

Any more ideas?


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I'm pretty sure Christopher Doyle would tell you Heineken. :wink:

Much of the cinematography in In the Mood for Love, but pretty much none of his other films, I found to be reminiscent of Japanese cinema, such the placement of the camera being perpendicular to the background and the usage of aperture framing. Also worth noting is that the balance between the syuzhet and the fabula in the narrative information conveyed in ITMFL is strikingly similar to that in the films of Yasujiro Ozu, which might be partially fueling my belief in the "Japaneseness" of the film.

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