In the Mood for Love: Nostalgia and Cinema

This video essay analyses the parallel between nostalgia and cinema forged by Wong Kar-wai’s “In the Mood for Love”.

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FILMS AND CLIPS FEATURED:
Archival Footage: Hong Kong, 1962 (British Pathé)    • This Is Hong Kong (1962)  
Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (Eadweard Muybridge, 1878)    • Race Horse First Film Ever 1878 Eadwe...  
In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000) amzn.to/3swb9wv
The Criterior Collection DVD includes:
· Wong Kar-wai Interview
· Behind the Scenes Footage

REFERENCES:
· Arthur, Paul. “In the Mood for Love.” Cineaste, vol. 26, no. 3, 2001, pp. 40 – 41.
· Brunette, Peter. Wong Kar-wai. U of Illinois P, 2005. bit.ly/3NayOdM
· Cavell, Stanley. The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film. Harvard UP, 1979. bit.ly/WorldViewed
· Cook, Pam. “Rethinking Nostalgia: In The Mood for Love and Far From Heaven.” Screening the Past, Routledge, 2005, pp. 1 – 19. bit.ly/screeningthepast
· Marcantonio, Carla. “In the Mood For Love.” Senses of Cinema, no. 56, Oct. 2010.
· Wong, Kar-wai. “An interview w/ Wong Kar Wai on IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000)” Youtube, uploaded by Eyes on Cinema, 30 Sep. 2014.    • Video  

MUSIC:
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound (www.epidemicsound.com)
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Son Habana – “Tomame Con Razon”
El Equipo Del Norte – “Gozando en Matanzas”
Son Habana – “Besame Un Poco”
Son Habana – “Pampas Bolero”
Isobel O’Connor – “Empty Streets”
Jon Algar – “Boneyard Dance”
Jon Algar – “Landscape”

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TIMECODES:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:05:45 Framing
00:10:57 Repetition
00:16:03 Music & Motion

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