The first time I watched this film, I was holding my breath the entire time. I felt like by simply breathing, I was invading the characters' personal space. I was a voyeur. The film was too personal and too intimate, but at the same time it was also distant. Truly one of the best contemporary films I've ever seen. A work of art!
It's amazing how the film makes those cramped living quarters in a lower-middle class neighborhood look so beautiful, not in a showy way, but there's something exquisite.
@@LuisMartinez-rw2lj not the first actress. Jean Harlow was stitched into her famous white dress, and between takes she would lean on a board angled against a wall
I studied film production at uni and we had to analyse this movie. It remains to this day one of the most beautiful films I’ve ever seen. The lighting, the shots, the music... it’s a masterpiece
He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane, the past is something he could see, but not touch. And everything he sees is blurred and indistinct.
Music is 10/10. Photography is 10/10. The story is 10/10. Acting is 10/10. This will stand inexorably and perennially among centuries. A good way to start a millennium. True genius, art. Cinema is real like this.
Most Sensuous, Seductive and Sophisticated Scene ever filmed! That score! That cheongsam! Maggie Cheung! her coiffure! sighhh!!! Best Picture of 2000!!
I love all of Wong Kar-wai’s films but In the Mood for Love has to be his magnum opus. Sure people can argue it’s more conventional and less creative/stylistic than his other films. However, I just think everything from the composition, to the framing, to the lighting, to the cinematography in general in this film is masterfully done. It’s so mature and just so... perfect.
I feel like this is different from all of his other films. In his other films he loves to put the camera super close to the character's faces, and give us this distorted, subjective feel. In this movie, the camera maintains a distance from the character, refrains from looking across the doorway. I feel like every shot has this hidden power quivering.
i couldnt agree more!!! i mean his body of work is just AMAZING Happy Together Chungking Express Fallen Angels The Grandmaster but, In the Mood for Love is really the best representation of contemporary Chinese cinema. WKW's best work indeed
this movie wreaks havoc with our minds...not knowing which scene is roleplay and which is not. One can watch it both ways...and see two films in one. brilliant. The audience falls in love with both lead characters. And feels the pain. I wish I can get a print of any shot...just to hang on my wall...and each day be reminded of what love is.
If you're into pure cinema, then this is the movie to watch. I love scenes like this where it seems like nothing is happening, but so much is happening.
This scene was made in Bangkok, not in Hong Kong. Wong kar wai knew exactly what he wanted. So great that it's colourful, not black and white. Classics are usually b&w. He gave us a modern classic.
@@constanceb3342 I don't know about this exact scene, but most of the movie was filmed in Bangkok. The architecture and look of HK (the characters are from Shanghai) has changed so much that the look of the time period isn't there anymore in that city.
20 years later, I saw a few weeks ago this movie,for the first time. Im almost 40. Never late to fall in love! And this movie,this music... In love for ever! Masterpiece!
Su exits frame, the camera lingers there. Then Chow comes in from the same side. By not showing us, their brief meeting turns into the most important part of the scene. Masterpiece
Portrait of a Lady On Fire has matched it for me. Never thought I would fall in love with another romance film to the same degree as this one, but I finally have. Go watch it! It explores a similar type of relationship scenario, as well, which I thought was very interesting.. I didn't notice this until a moment ago.
It's not about revenge and it's not about love. It's about the games our minds play. Neither of them is actually married. It's a trick. Watch the movie carefully next time. Especially the scenes in the restaurant.
The way he puts the whole wonton in his mouth making it obviously full and difficult to chew reminds me of my binge eating when I go through depressive episodes.
it's raining heavily where I live and I suddenly remembered this masterpiece, let's just say my day could not have ended better and that I have ascended
I just watched this last night. This was my second time so I I looked for these moments, at the saturated color, the small movements. This is such a beautiful film. It still made my heart ache.
This is, at least I think, an important scene in the film. The slow-motion testifies that something beautiful and unforgettable is about to happen with these two. Just pure magic ❤️
It is a restless moment. She has kept her head lowered... to give him a chance to come closer. But he could not, for lack of courage. She turns and walks away.
This is one of few instances when a film is stripped down from anything but what a film basically can be: a visual, auditory experience. It is slowly paced (in slow motion too) but it never meanders or bores us - it is slowly creating tension.
Good to know I'm not the only one liking this corridor sequence. This was so beautiful, even the first time i was watching this movie, i couldn't stop myself from rewinding on this scene.
The surronding ( HK's average people's street food scene and the alleyway), the color pallet, the lighting, the slow motion, the music, everything is perfectly crafted. Gives me chill. This is the film we have to annaylse as the film student in Uni.
I am watching this movie at least once a year for the past 22 years. A lot of things happend in my life and every new year it hits me in a new way. All time masterpiece🙌🥂
Such a microcosmic scene... passing glances in a brief subsection of the corridor of life. I just saw this movie and my mind is already spinning with ideas!
Insert Username lol. I am getting that feeling whatever I am watching nowadays. Handshakes, large gatherings. Hopefully this nightmare gets over soon. Take care, stay safe.
Dark, Gloomy, very reasonable story, average people, and solving problem with oddly average too.. thats MASTERPIECE DUDE.. everything in this movie are just Ripping my veins
How and why would anyone ever give a thumbs down to this? What is here not to like? I mean - you don't have to like it, but to DISLIKE it? We do live in a crazy world indeed.
The way they both were curious after seeing the handbag and tie and then they walk away being puzzled.... Damn they really went to detail and acted outstandingly...❤️
This is probably one of the best films in my life. I was thinking about this film just today, and then appeared in the recommendations! Also this scene is one of the best in this film (the last scene at the temple is incredibly beautiful and moving).
@@quarantinefartantino1530 lol he pleased us . That's enough . In the Mood for Love is ranked 2nd at the best movie of thks century . Gladiator is nowhere to be found in the list
Can anyone top Wong Kar-Wai in showcasing the poetry in the mundane? One of the 2-3 best films of the last 25 years. The ethereal Maggie Cheung makes it hard to look at anything else, but.... Nice tie! 😂
I cannot believe this is going to be 20 years old in 2 years time. We need a blu ray in the uk. I have bought this in America and cannot play it on my blu ray.
Just re-watched this film for the first time in years. Still packs a punch, even though I remembered the plot fairly accurately. "Little Tony" Leung and Maggie Cheung are perfectly paired here. Wong Kar-wai rules...
In the mood for ❤️🔥 This was the very first time I watched this scene and I really liked it. I have heard about this Chinese movie. It's counted among the top 25 greatest movies of the 21st century.
![In The Mood For Love - Je Suis Une Fleur [4K]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/NvpelttxPYU/mqdefault.jpg)
when i saw this film, i felt as though it was the first time seeing a film in my life
Asi es. A mi tambien me gustaba Daria.
Where did you find it? Been searching for it literally for months!
@@farazkhanastrakhany5436 no, is that a problem?
@@liligyongyosi113 I watched it in Mubi
@@liligyongyosi113 you mean the movie?
The first time I watched this film, I was holding my breath the entire time. I felt like by simply breathing, I was invading the characters' personal space. I was a voyeur. The film was too personal and too intimate, but at the same time it was also distant.
Truly one of the best contemporary films I've ever seen.
A work of art!
check Tsai Ming Liang for more of that feeling
cringe
sc0408, I concur!
P.S. If you like Wong Kar-wai, you will probably also enjoy the films of Tsai Ming-liang.
What a beautiful description.
Very few women have ever looked more beautiful in a film than Maggie. Those dresses are perfection and her movement is so sexy but subtle. The glance
It's amazing how the film makes those cramped living quarters in a lower-middle class neighborhood look so beautiful, not in a showy way, but there's something exquisite.
She was stunning , so full of femininity
Funny enough the dress was very uncomfortable and she hated wearing it the whole time on set
@@LuisMartinez-rw2lj not the first actress. Jean Harlow was stitched into her famous white dress, and between takes she would lean on a board angled against a wall
Tony Leung as well. His suits are impeccable. Super handsome. I want to say the costume design was nominated for an Oscar? Not a 100% sure.
She carries that thermos like a Chanel purse......I've never seen so much sexual tension buying soup
Hahahahaha omg what a a description! 🤪🤦♀️😂😂😂
Its buying noodles
The dinner scene blew me away.
The guangdongese are masters at making soup. They can add any kind of tension you want.
But why it's sexual?
This film is a Masterpiece. And Tony Leung can rock a damn suit.
he looks so handsome, it makes me dizzy
Who knew the simple act of picking up dinner could completely crush ones soul
You are so handsome.
YOU ARE A POET!
@@frankiechong3819 haha
What do you mean
The ending of this movie wrecked me.
I studied film production at uni and we had to analyse this movie. It remains to this day one of the most beautiful films I’ve ever seen. The lighting, the shots, the music... it’s a masterpiece
@Megan J Music
Hey can u tell what was the result of your analysis?
@@lushlyf7348 I don’t really remember! It was years ago
He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane, the past is something he could see, but not touch. And everything he sees is blurred and indistinct.
I can’t even describe how beautiful this scene is. I was literally having a hard time breathing watching it
same here
Music is 10/10. Photography is 10/10. The story is 10/10. Acting is 10/10. This will stand inexorably and perennially among centuries. A good way to start a millennium. True genius, art. Cinema is real like this.
Most Sensuous, Seductive and Sophisticated Scene ever filmed! That score! That cheongsam! Maggie Cheung! her coiffure! sighhh!!! Best Picture of 2000!!
Plus the old style thermos pot. It's shaking shaking in this melancholy music.
I love all of Wong Kar-wai’s films but In the Mood for Love has to be his magnum opus. Sure people can argue it’s more conventional and less creative/stylistic than his other films. However, I just think everything from the composition, to the framing, to the lighting, to the cinematography in general in this film is masterfully done. It’s so mature and just so... perfect.
Hey headless horseman
I feel like this is different from all of his other films. In his other films he loves to put the camera super close to the character's faces, and give us this distorted, subjective feel. In this movie, the camera maintains a distance from the character, refrains from looking across the doorway. I feel like every shot has this hidden power quivering.
I really dig the way you both explained that. Cool.
i couldnt agree more!!!
i mean his body of work is just AMAZING
Happy Together
Chungking Express
Fallen Angels
The Grandmaster
but, In the Mood for Love is really the best representation of contemporary Chinese cinema.
WKW's best work indeed
The Microphones!
when you look at it, you can saw nothing is really happening. but when you go through it, there's so much happening in this scene!
Wong Kar Wai uses freaking 2 minutes 25 seconds to portray an affair. Many movies can't even tell a story straight with 2 hours!
this movie wreaks havoc with our minds...not knowing which scene is roleplay and which is not. One can watch it both ways...and see two films in one. brilliant. The audience falls in love with both lead characters. And feels the pain. I wish I can get a print of any shot...just to hang on my wall...and each day be reminded of what love is.
How is this not the most beautiful scene ever made? -marvel
it is.
It is
it is
It is
It is
If you're into pure cinema, then this is the movie to watch. I love scenes like this where it seems like nothing is happening, but so much is happening.
This scene was made in Bangkok, not in Hong Kong. Wong kar wai knew exactly what he wanted. So great that it's colourful, not black and white. Classics are usually b&w. He gave us a modern classic.
You so dumb lol
@@vb8428 You are so frustrated and incompetent, that you resorted to name-calling random strangers...
made in Shanghai... nothing to do with Thai
@@constanceb3342 I don't know about this exact scene, but most of the movie was filmed in Bangkok. The architecture and look of HK (the characters are from Shanghai) has changed so much that the look of the time period isn't there anymore in that city.
@@somethingcleverhere Yeah, they couldn't get to Macao where they originally wanted to shoot it, so they went to Bangkok to get the 60s vibe
20 years later, I saw a few weeks ago this movie,for the first time. Im almost 40. Never late to fall in love! And this movie,this music... In love for ever!
Masterpiece!
Su exits frame, the camera lingers there. Then Chow comes in from the same side. By not showing us, their brief meeting turns into the most important part of the scene. Masterpiece
This scene is breathtaking in many ways, the tension, the possibilities of an eye glance, everything is captured perfectly
Perhaps the most sensual and romantic film you will ever see!
I think it is ambiguous romance. You never know if they truly fell in love.
Yeah,its a trap set up by Mr chow for revenging Mrs Su's husband. if you you got this ,will help you understand 2046 in another level.
@yeeeeeeeeeth In the mood for love but not in love. I guess the name of the movie explained.
Portrait of a Lady On Fire has matched it for me. Never thought I would fall in love with another romance film to the same degree as this one, but I finally have. Go watch it! It explores a similar type of relationship scenario, as well, which I thought was very interesting.. I didn't notice this until a moment ago.
It's not about revenge and it's not about love. It's about the games our minds play. Neither of them is actually married. It's a trick. Watch the movie carefully next time. Especially the scenes in the restaurant.
A slow, intoxicating lava lamp, floating beautifully.
I lava her.
the greatest film of all time.
Gary Robinson thank you
Lmao
Chill
Yes.
👍
The way he puts the whole wonton in his mouth making it obviously full and difficult to chew reminds me of my binge eating when I go through depressive episodes.
nice
🤷
it's raining heavily where I live and I suddenly remembered this masterpiece, let's just say my day could not have ended better and that I have ascended
that sounds amazing
One of the most beautiful and yet sad films of all-time. It's in my top 20 films.
Hey bro ! Can you tell us your top 20 ?
Sans Soleil is in my top 10.
@@HP_____ Nice! :)
It is in my top 5
This is just straight up one of the most beautiful movies ever made. It aches my heart!
I just watched this last night. This was my second time so I I looked for these moments, at the saturated color, the small movements. This is such a beautiful film. It still made my heart ache.
This is, at least I think, an important scene in the film. The slow-motion testifies that something beautiful and unforgettable is about to happen with these two. Just pure magic ❤️
Frame by Frame, you could take photo at any point in time and put it on your wall. This is a master piece!!
One of my favorite films. So tragic. Heart ripping to the core.
This song automatically plays in mind everytime I glance at a girl passing by & eye contact happens
this scene is so ordinary and mundane, and yet, with the music, the camera work, the friction-it’s so freakin’ mesmerizing! i can’t get enough! 😩💖
It is a restless moment. She has kept her head lowered... to give him a chance to come closer. But he could not, for lack of courage. She turns and walks away.
10, 20, 30 years from now this will be hailed as the most beautiful scene ever.
This is one of few instances when a film is stripped down from anything but what a film basically can be: a visual, auditory experience. It is slowly paced (in slow motion too) but it never meanders or bores us - it is slowly creating tension.
Good to know I'm not the only one liking this corridor sequence. This was so beautiful, even the first time i was watching this movie, i couldn't stop myself from rewinding on this scene.
The surronding ( HK's average people's street food scene and the alleyway), the color pallet, the lighting, the slow motion, the music, everything is perfectly crafted. Gives me chill. This is the film we have to annaylse as the film student in Uni.
The details in this movie, the colors, the contrast, the music the dialogue… everything was so carefully done ❤
This movie is a precious work of art. Thanks to the director and his crew for giving us such sublime beauty.
Ending broke my heart
I am watching this movie at least once a year for the past 22 years. A lot of things happend in my life and every new year it hits me in a new way.
All time masterpiece🙌🥂
One of the greatest and most magisterially crafted sequences in the history of cinema.
The high neckline of the cheong sam (spelling?) makes the line of the dress so elegant. And she gives them life.
ur down bad
Everytime I watch this film, new perspective arises. It’s like a painting in action
"A painting in action" - what a beautiful way to put it.
Such a microcosmic scene... passing glances in a brief subsection of the corridor of life. I just saw this movie and my mind is already spinning with ideas!
I love that movie: it's music, it's settings, it's characters and those beautiful dresses. The plot is wonderful. What a masterpiece. 👏👏
Gorgeous movie, the cinematography is absolutely stunning
one of my favorite moments and pieces of music. a true masterpiece indeed.
This is still one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen
This sequence is pure cinema. It haunts me.
1:11 I got made anxious that she touched the wall. Corona prevention is alive in my mind
Insert Username lol. I am getting that feeling whatever I am watching nowadays. Handshakes, large gatherings. Hopefully this nightmare gets over soon. Take care, stay safe.
Lol
Oh, the life before covid-19..
This is so beautiful the glances and the decency in thier faces. They look so beautiful Wong kar wai is a Genius.
Such a beautiful film. We live right in the building & watch it all unfold.
Dark, Gloomy, very reasonable story, average people, and solving problem with oddly average too.. thats MASTERPIECE DUDE.. everything in this movie are just Ripping my veins
One of those scenes where I cant explain or give any reason why I love it, I JUST FUCKING LOVE IT
Tony Leung chiu Wai...what acting. Never knew one could chew dim sums so meaningfully. Maestro
How and why would anyone ever give a thumbs down to this? What is here not to like? I mean - you don't have to like it, but to DISLIKE it? We do live in a crazy world indeed.
Ikr.
Definitely one of my favorites.
The way they both were curious after seeing the handbag and tie and then they walk away being puzzled.... Damn they really went to detail and acted outstandingly...❤️
This is by far the best movie scene every made! Amazing, I must have watched this a thousand times!
The best slowmotion in cinema history yes or sure?
Won Kar Wai hat's off man. I've seen my fair share of cinema, but this tops it all by a huge margin.
One of my favourite films and now my life is going like this...
This is probably one of the best films in my life. I was thinking about this film just today, and then appeared in the recommendations! Also this scene is one of the best in this film (the last scene at the temple is incredibly beautiful and moving).
IMDB Rated this movie #237, I feel this movie deserves better, to be in Top 10.
IMDB has a lot of spam. A lot of Nolan and LOTR fans creating accounts and spamming 10
How in the hell was this beaten by Gladiator
Where?
@@aryanpatel6379 at the Oscars in 2000
@@Meowmeowvv the Oscars don't deserve legends.
The gladiator is much better, Mood for love is just OK, kinda feels like Wong Kar-wai was trying to appeal to mainstream with this one.
@@quarantinefartantino1530 lol he pleased us . That's enough . In the Mood for Love is ranked 2nd at the best movie of thks century . Gladiator is nowhere to be found in the list
So many years later I still remember this scene.. It is so powerfull in its beauty.
Love, love, love this movie. Going to love, love, love it even more in Blu-ray.
The emotion when Tony Leung chewing the dumpling... It feels like he's chewing sharp glass
Yumejis theme really is quite the masterpiece
The color grading alone is iconic!
one of the best sequences in cinema. Period.
Can anyone top Wong Kar-Wai in showcasing the poetry in the mundane? One of the 2-3 best films of the last 25 years. The ethereal Maggie Cheung makes it hard to look at anything else, but.... Nice tie! 😂
Every second of that scene is an amazing frame photo cinematography! And that music!
I cannot believe this is going to be 20 years old in 2 years time. We need a blu ray in the uk. I have bought this in America and cannot play it on my blu ray.
buy a PS3
edit: DON'T BUY!
@@alvarogehling
A lot of eastern films can't be played on western blu ray players, including PS3s.
@@richardsantanna5398 but PS3 is region free
edit: I'm wrong!
@@alvarogehling
Hmm, really? I wish I had known that about a month ago.
Esmail Corp. it’s not region free
That still at 0:31 is especially beautiful. It could be a painting.
Just re-watched this film for the first time in years. Still packs a punch, even though I remembered the plot fairly accurately. "Little Tony" Leung and Maggie Cheung are perfectly paired here. Wong Kar-wai rules...
The way she shows almost no skin and is one of the most seductive beautiful women I've seen on film. It's the way she carries herself...
But... who dresses that nice just to get some rice?
+Angga Rahadyan watch the film and you'll get it
+shivzzi That's a line from the film so I'm guessing he's seen it. It may just be a coincidence, however.
probably
I think its noodles
Shanghai and Hongkong girls in the 1920 1930s, its like suit to them
The music in this scene alone gives me goosebumps
Dream pair, stunning Tony Leung and breathtaking Maggy Cheung, my favorite Chinese actress with carina Lau🌺
This is the most beautiful stand alone scene I have ever seen
See? no plastic bag for take away! what a futuristic past
My top 3 movie, is just perfection 👌🏼
A movie to think about. A movie to realise something . A movie to feel something. A movie to get an different experience.
THIS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC VIDEO WAS TAKEN SO PERFECT RELATED TO THE TITLE.... DAMN ITS SO BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL..... GREAT ONE....
The way she touched that wall upon ascending. I hope to be that wall one day.
This scene gets better and better everytime I watch it.
I think, no I am sure, that lady is the most elegant and feminine women I have ever seen...
I was sure.
Sorry. I am sure, my English is not.
One of the best movie i had ever seen
This Film is Part of my brocken soul. ❤😢❤
shigeru umebayashi’s score for this is just perfect
The most suspenseful scene and tension I've ever felt in a film.
In the mood for ❤️🔥
This was the very first time I watched this scene and I really liked it. I have heard about this Chinese movie. It's counted among the top 25 greatest movies of the 21st century.
谁懂啊，小时候住在类似于这样的房间里，睡觉的时候能听到楼下女人男人谈笑声，也能听到他们吵架声，伴着搓麻将的声音，我们家旁边搬了新邻居由搬走。。。md那时候才是黄金年代
A beautiful and romantic movie. Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung are amazing actors!
this movie makes me feel so warm
Maggie issa Rockstar 💘 To everyone hopping in here, watch this goddess kick some butts in The Heroic Trio ❤️