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National cinemas have different Golden Ages. For Hong Kong, it was the decade from the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s, when directors like Tsui Hark and John Woo were revitalizing the crime film, and when young Wong Kar-wai was revolutionizing the misty romance. At the time, Hong Kong also had perhaps the world's greatest roster of glamorous stars, and prominent among them were Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, the two Tony Leungs, Jacky Cheung, Carina Lau and Charlie Young. All of them are in Wong's 1994 martial-arts reverie Ashes of Time, which...
...even more hopeless than her own. As the lyrics of the opening song suggest, “the stories have all been told before.” However, it’s not the unoriginal plot or the fairly commonplace characters that keep the audience engaged. Rather, director Wong Kar Wai’s attention to detail, artful editing, and the blending of music with images create a film in which sensory appeal outweighs predictability. Although Jones plays the main character, her static performance serves as a backdrop for the more dynamic characters she meets along her journey. Rachel Weisz...
...last old-fashioned film moguls, known in the business for their flash and their foresight. After building their studio, Miramax, from the ground up, they proceeded to make bold, unexpected choices - such as producing Quentin Tarantino's edgy Pulp Fiction in 1994 and bringing Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-wai to American screens in 1996 - that have inspired packs of copycats...
...film moguls, having built indie studio Miramax from the ground up, Weinstein and his quieter brother Bob are known in the biz for their flash and their foresight. They make bold choices - such as producing Quentin Tarantino's edgy Pulp Fiction in 1994 and bringing Hong Kong visionary Wong Kar-Wai to American screens in 1996 - that are considered brilliant and inspire packs of copycats...
...past winners. Finally, it doesn't help much to imagine which of the competing films the jury president would like best. In 2002, when David Lynch was president, the winning film was Roman Polanski's very traditional The Pianist. Last year, ultra-hip auteur Wong Kar Wai gave the Palme d'Or to Ken Loach's political epic The Wind That Shakes the Barley. Go figure...