Tra due vicini di casa si crea un forte legame quando entrambi cominciano a sospettare di attività extraconiugali dei rispettivi coniugi. Tuttavia, sono d'accordo nel mantenere il loro legam... Leggi tuttoTra due vicini di casa si crea un forte legame quando entrambi cominciano a sospettare di attività extraconiugali dei rispettivi coniugi. Tuttavia, sono d'accordo nel mantenere il loro legame platonico per non commettere lo stesso errore.Tra due vicini di casa si crea un forte legame quando entrambi cominciano a sospettare di attività extraconiugali dei rispettivi coniugi. Tuttavia, sono d'accordo nel mantenere il loro legame platonico per non commettere lo stesso errore.
- Regia
- Sceneggiatura
- Star
- Nominato ai 1 BAFTA Award
- 45 vittorie e 50 candidature totali
- Chow Mo-wan
- (as Tony Chiu Wai Leung)
- Man living in Mr. Koo's apartment
- (as Tung Joe Cheung)
- Mr. Ho
- (as Lai Chen)
- Amah
- (as Tsi-Ang Chin)
- Mrs. Chow
- (voce)
- (as Jia-Jun Sun)
- Mr. Chan
- (voce)
- French tourist
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
- French reporter
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
- Self (1966 visit to Cambodia)
- (filmato d'archivio)
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Recensioni in evidenza
The acting reminds me of the "The Bicycle Thief", not the style, but the fact that you forget that you are watching two actors engaged in their craft. There is meaning behind every gesture and almost every movement has assigned significance to explain the inside world of the characters, the relationship, the feelings, and situation of the two lovers. The dialogue is sparse but like the rest of the movie, is imbued with meaning. Speaking of meaning, the soundtrack is infectious. Used here it becomes a story telling device. And although the film is of Chinese origins, even a song sung in Spanish by Nat King Cole imparts the film with subtle meaning. The orchestrated soundtrack is repetitive, but the repetition is what makes it comfortable. It is used in conjunction with the story, and not just a means to put music to action, or to cue the audience to feel a certain way at a certain plot point.
I would not recommend this film to anybody, I fear most people would be jaded by the calm flow of the story, but I would recommend it to someone who is looking for an alternative to the romantic schlock that fills the multiplexes on our side of the world. I must say that I was completely taken by this film, and continued to watch it night after night. The story takes time to present itself and bears repeated viewings as very few films in this genre are open to such a broad interpretation. A very beautiful movie.
Title (Brazil): 'Amor À Flor da Pele' ('Love on the Surface of the Skin')
Several factors are responsible for making In the Mood for Love a new classic among "romantic melodramas," in the best sense of that term. First, the specific period of the film (i.e. 1960's Hong Kong) is faithfully recreated to an astonishing degree of detail. The clothes (including Maggie Cheung's lovely dresses), the music (e.g. Nat King Cole), and the overall atmosphere of this film evokes a nostalgia for that specific period. Second, Christopher Doyle's award-winning, breathtakingly beautiful cinematography creates an environment which not only envelopes its two main characters, but seems to ooze with romantic longing in every one of its sumptuous, meticulously composed frame. Make no mistake about it: In the Mood for Love was the most gorgeous film of 2001. (It should also be mentioned that Wong Kar-wai's usual hyper-kinetic visual style is (understandably) toned down for this film, although his pallet remain just as colorful.) Third, there is the haunting score by Michael Galasso, which is accompanied by slow motion sequences of, e.g. Chan walking in her elegant dresses, Chan and Chow "glancing" at each other as they pass one another on the stairs, and other beautiful scenes which etch themselves into one's memory. The main score--which makes its instruments sound as though they're literally crying--is heard eight times throughout various points in the film and it serves to highlight the sadness and the longing which the two main characters feel. Fourth, Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung both deliver wonderful performances (Leung won the prize for best actor at Cannes) and they manage to generate real chemistry on screen.
The above elements coalesce and work so nicely together to create a film that feels timeless, "dizzyingly romantic," and, in a word, magical. In the Mood for Love, perhaps more than any other film of 2001, reminded me why it is that I love "going to the movies." And I guess that is about the highest compliment that I can pay to a film.
Lo sapevi?
- QuizDirector Wong Kar-Wai was shooting the ending and editing the film a little over a week before its debut at Cannes.
- BlooperWhen Mr. Chow is waiting with Mrs. Chan for the rain to stop, he is suddenly completely dry despite running through the rain only moments earlier.
- Citazioni
[last lines]
Caption: 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.
- Versioni alternative32 minutes was cut off the end of the film by Wong before release. These additional scenes take place in years subsequent to the film's original ending in 1966, extending into the 1970s, where Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan meet again several times. The scenes have been included on Criterion's DVD release of the film in 4 bonus tracks, and are available for streaming on the Criterion Channel. The scenes are as follows: Room 2046 (8:05), Postcards (8:27), The Seventies (9:00), A Last Encounter (7:53).
- Colonne sonoreYumeji's Theme
Composed and recorded by Shigeru Umebayashi (as Umebayashi Shigeru)
Courtesy of Emotion Music Co., Ltd.
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- Sito ufficiale
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- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 3.457.742 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 113.280 USD
- 4 feb 2001
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 16.534.730 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione
- 1h 38min(98 min)
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.66 : 1(original aspect ratio & theatrical release)