In the Mood For Love: Crash Course Film Criticism #5
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.พ. 2018
- Cinematic love stories come in all shapes and sizes. Movies are really good at both capturing and projecting emotions. And one of the best directors at the modern love story is Wong Kar-Wai. In this episode of Crash Course Film Criticism, Michael looks at Wong's film, "In the Mood For Love" and talks about its visual style as well as some Freudian ideas contained within.
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Check out all 15 films we'll be talking about below!!!
Citizen Kane
Aliens
Where Are My Children?
Selma
In the Mood For Love
Do the Right Thing
Lost In Translation
Apocalypse Now
Pan's Labyrinth
The Limey
Three Colors: Blue
The Eagle Huntress
Moonlight
Beasts of No Nation
2001: A Space Odyssey
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“They’re more comfortable loving the imagine version of each other rather than what is real...” -took me a long time to learn that and still learning.
I'm reading A Layman's guide to Psychiatry and psychoanalysis and and the first chapters discuss this Images that we have in our minds about reality ( our own reality ) and reality itself and it totally makes sense haha now i see relationships and aspects of life from a totally different angle .
The scene towards the end where he buries his secret in a tree in the wall of a Cambodian temple, that was just devastating and yet so beautiful and unforgettable.
To me the whole movie seems like a memory piece, something someone experienced long back and now recollecting through the hazy cloud of time. The movie seems to be a collection of vignettes remembered by a sad lovelorn lover, nostalgic about the love he/she lost and cannot get back. I also think the person remembering is Mr. Chow.
nice comment
Sayak Choudhury Nice
Like "Call Me By Your Name"?
Yes, 2046 kind of confirms this.
exactly. I also feel like that.
Watching Wong Kar wais movies is like walking through memories you have never experienced . I watched Chung King Express and Fallen angels and they have like created a void in my heart and have sat there and they refuse to leave . But now I'm going to force myself to watch in the mood for love .
you should watch happy together. that one is my favourite work from him
This movie is one of the most beautiful films that I’ve ever seen. Tony Leung is absolutely amazing in it, totally captivating. I hope this video moves a lot of people to go and find it.
It certainly looks interesting, and having watched this video and read your comment I'm definitely going to check it out now. Thanks for this, all of you! :)
A phenomenal movie. It just aches with understatement.
@@tammysilverwolf1085 Have you seen it?
Wong Kar-Wai is a poet.
I remember when we discussed this film after watching it in one of my film classes. We were talking about how good it was, but how if we described it to people who hadn't seen it might not understanding. How do you explain that it's so captivating to see a man whispering into a wall or a woman walking through a hallway? Those parts don't sound interesting to talk about, but in the moment they are striking.
Only in Asia where a simple glance of someone walking down a corridor be an expression of love
Thank god for that.
I've seen this thanks to Nerdwriter & Every Frame a Painting. What a beautiful film
Nkanyiso Innocent Khwane same!
You should lookup cinefix here on TH-cam. They are an amazing channel for film buffs.
Me too!
Nkanyiso Innocent Khwane For me it was Cinefix
same same same same same
ITMFL is such a beautiful film, rewatched it about 5 times, there's just something so captivating about wkw's films ahhhhh
Chungking Express is the other movie that I began to watch without knowing what I was in to. That and In The Mood for Love will always be treasured.
Interesting reading about the protagonists loving the imagined versions of each other considering what happens in the events of the movie's sequel 2046.
I read this as "2049" as was like "Wow, replicants have really come a long way emotionally..."
same 😂
It fits 100% even without watching 2046.
I never get tired of watching this movie. Thanks
I wrote three papers about this film for one of my classes last semester, referenced this video COUNTLESS times. one of my favorite videos on this website
Omg i have a midterm surrounding this movie in like a week, thanks
Caroline Therrien Good luck.
Caroline Therrien check out Nerd writer's video as well
Caroline i have it tomorrow XD
Am I the only one who thinks Blade Runner's aesthetics was a major influence over Wong Kar-wai's style, especially in Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love?
This is my favorite film, hands down. I tried to explain the gist of it to some friends and I got bogged down on the music, the camera movements, the story. I didn't know how to convey everything that this film offers in my own words. Everything in this movie is sad and beautiful at the same time. Thanks, crashcourse.
Rewatched this just two days ago. It's really a beautiful film, there's no better word to describe it.
I love this movie, to me it’s about how morally upright people often have harder lives because they make conscious decisions to do the right thing which can ultimately make them unhappy
Man, excelent video, great explanation of all the topics and possible readings", great work.
I live in Hong Kong and am a hong konger, but had never heard of this film (being so Canadian as to have given up on local films) until this video. going to watch it asap now - thank you so much for this, and for reconnecting me with a part of my identity
One of the greatest movies of all time. It got me hooked on oriental cinema since I saw it. The way Kar wai uses music is incredible and I can never listen to nat king cole without seeing kar wai´s visuals , slow motion and color moods. Another great movie was "the sequel" - 2046 which follows what happened to the characters when in the mood for love ends.
Quality video, quality channel
One of my favorite movies. Crash course is such a treat analysing it. Thank you
Loving the film episodes!!!! Keep up the great work!
Wong Kar-wai is one of my favorite filmmaker as a Chinese. The explanation is great.
Very concise analysis. Wish I had found this channel sooner.
great episode as always!
Wow, these lessons are impecable. Thanks teaching us about Chinese romantic films, Michael
Was super lucky to see it in Cinema form for the first time last night and let me tell you it was amazing.
One of my fav film
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"plays Yumeji's Theme in the background"
Please do on Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky) (1979).
I hope they do multiple seasons of Crash Course Film Criticism, just like how they do CC Literature.
Also, I would love to see a collab episode (or series) between the two. Go through a set of narratives in both its written form and its visual form :3
I've just finished watching this film, and it's beautiful.
I had the pleasure of watching this film n a 35mm film print in University, and it instantly became my favourite of all time.
Nice work Michael. My compliments to the team as well.
I’m in the mood for love
Simply because you’re near me!
Funny, but when you’re near me
I’m in the mood for love.
If there are clouds above,
If it will rain, we’ll let it!
But for tonight, forget it
‘Cuz I’m in the mood for love.
Cute
Bryan Ferry is my jam
Seen this film many years ago. Pleasant time.
Jeez what is this? My favourite movie and the best educational channel on YT? Even my brithdays ain't this good to me
Michael Aranda is awesome!
In a deleted scene, in the hotel they had intercourse. I think it was best to keep the film about chastity nonetheless.
The thumbnail illustration of Tony laying his head on Maggie's thighs looks very much like the main part of another poignant film "Lust, Caution".
Super big fan of wkw. This is one of my favorite films of all time.
Wong Kar-wai is one of my fave filmmakers and in the mood for love's is my 3rd fave from him 😍
Christopher Doyle's cinematography is simply amazing. Wang Kar Wei and Christopher Doyle are the Bill Belichick and Tom Brady of film making.
than you so much, your channel is a treasure!
Great analysis
This is one of my favorite films!! Its all about Wong Kai Wai !!
Glad to see this movie is getting the recognition it deserves
I love this film. So glad u chose it :)
I never watched this before and I guess I just spoiled it for myself, but I still wanna watch it.
I absolutely love ITMFL, it’s one of my all-time favourite films and arguably WKW’s best film.
He's one of my favorite filmmakers.
Could you do a follow-up video about the links and context of how this film relates to "Days of Being Wild" and "2046"?
Full disclosure, I haven’t watched the video yet but I’m just excited that crash course is doing film like, pretty overjoyed
thx for this awesomely ha bisky vid i love michael aranda and i wish i had more time to watch his videos
This criticism of this movie; analysis, makes me want to watch the movie. Thanks guys! 🎥
Watching Wong Car Wai's feels like having a Deja Vu that you never even experience before
This is one poetic film, an instant classic!
Awesome video!
But that map was very painful to watch, LOL (Lantau Island is wedged inside the mainland, haha)
Would love to see you talk about Eternal Sunshine In The Spotless Mind
Wong kar wai is such a legend
Bravo sir. Bravo..
This might be up there with the films of Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu.
This is my favourite movie of all time.
Thank you for mentioning Casablanca. Hard to do film criticism m without it.
Tony Leung is one of the greatest Chinese actors of the past century!
top knotch review, michael!
Shout out from Hong Kong!
Amazing film
"bill and ted's excellent adventure" y'all quit lmao oml
Have seen Wong Kar-wai's "Chungking Express" and "In the Mood for Love". It hurt to watch "In the Mood for Love". So beautiful and sad. Tony Leung Chiu Wai was fabulous as always.
If you have not seen "Ashes of Time", make sure you do! It is stunning!
MadriFilmArt Noted. Thanks!
Beautiful film! Am I the only one who got Mad Men vibes in this film?
I have to see this movie.
My favourite movie of all time. Easily.
Today is Wong Kar-Wai's birthday. COOL!
Pretty cool!
Mistook brief encounter for close encounter which may or may not also fit on this list lol I’d like to think it does.
Please do an analysis of Capernaum!!! It won the jury's award at Cannes for Best Film. It should have been nominated for Best Film at the Oscar's and won, but there are politics at play.
please do eyes wide shut! or all of kubrick's filmography for that matter
You're doing God's work. I just can't thank you enough for this
Yes
I recently watched the "sequel" 2046, and as much as everybody raves about In The Mood For Love, you don't realize the impact it had until you watch 2046. 2046 is kind of like a sequel, it's Mr. Chow and brief flashback to Mrs. Chen, but it's hard to say that it's the same Mr. Chow that we met in ITMFL. 2046 feels like it's a sequel to the audience's take-away from ITMFL, but not necessarily an in-universe sequel to the people we knew in the preceding movie.
This is my favorite romance film
The pacing of this video is too fast, like rapid-fire. It's hard to appreciate your points when there are so many coming at the viewer in such rapid succession. I love film criticism and would like to see more of your videos, but I think more quality and less quantity would be a better approach.
You gotta put some Mike Leigh films in dis piece!
there are some romance movies that end on a sad note though and not a happy note.
I'm want really really hard one of these criticism episodes to be about uncle bonmee
Can’t seem to find the every frame a picture video on this film, is it deleted?
Can’t be the only one who saw his thumb disappear behind the green screen at 7:55
Holy smokes - did anyone else notice that the map at about 7:15 implies that Taiwan is part of People's Republic of China, instead of a separate country? Doesn't seem like a likely accident, does it?
Then I went to see 2046 and whoa! Maaad... in a good way.
Does anyone know where I can watch this film online? Thanks.
To help people with non-linear storytelling; I tell people it is kind like a soap opera, which is very hard to follow until you get used to the jumping around.
Where can I watch his movies?
OMGOSH HE'S ON SCI SHOW TWO MY TWO FAVORITE CHANNELS ARE SO CLOSE TOGETHER
You guys should do one on Tarkovsky or Béla Tarr
We thought about doing Stalker or Solaris but didn't find a way for them to fit with everything we were trying to accomplish in this series.
- Nick J.
Daniel Nuñez hiii
Yessss, a HK movie!
Suzhou River pleaseeeeeee