In The Mood For Love

Production year: 2000

Drama PG Running time: 1:38

IMDB rating: 8.1 Aspect: Wide; Languages: Cantonese, Shanghainese; Subtitles: English; Audio: DD 5.1

Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite-until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching musical soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, this film has secured a place in the cinematic canon, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career.

Cast

Tony Chiu-Wai Leung

Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung

Director

Features

Deleted/extended scenes

Featurettes/Behind-The-Scenes/Documentaries

Interviews

Trailers/TV spots

Special features

“In the Mood for Love,”director Wong Kar‑wai’s documentary on the making of the film

Deleted scenes, with commentary by Wong

Hua yang de nian hua(2000), a short film by Wong

Archival interview with Wong and a “cinema lesson” given by the director at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival press conference from 2000, with stars Maggie Cheung Man yuk and Tony Leung Chiu wai

Two new interviews with critic Tony Rayns, one about the film and the other about the soundtrack, featuring musical cues

An essay by film critic Steve Erickson; a booklet featuring the Liu Yi chang story that provided thematic inspiration for the film

Keywords

Far East Cinema

In The Mood For Love