Days of Being Wild
Director: Wong Kar-wai Run Time: 94 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1990 Language: Cantonese with English subtitles
Starring: Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung
Screenwriters: Wong Kar-Wai, Jeffrey Lau
Producer: Rover Tang
If it’s about sexy people in Hong Kong pining for lost love in stunning lighting, then it must be a movie by Wong Kar-Wai! Set in 1960, this ravishingly gorgeous drama is one of WKW’s earliest works, and marks his first collaboration with brilliant cinematographer Christopher Doyle. The film weaves a twisted web of erotic and romantic connections, which ensnare a womanizer (Leslie Cheung) searching for his birth mom, his lovesick ex-girlfriend (Maggie Cheung), a dancer (Carina Lau), and a cop (Andy Lau). It also features a last-minute cameo by Tony Leung Chiu-wai as a charismatic playboy (or is that redundant?). So forget your own relationship troubles and prepare to enter a world where heartache looks cool as hell.
