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Ian Wang
, February 16th, 2021 13:41
The centrepiece of Wong Kar-wai s melancholy drama Happy Together is a raw depiction of gay romance, but it speaks to the filmmaker s wider fascination with Hong Kong migrant cinema, finds Ian Wang
Wong Kar-wai’s films are always crossing borders. Though his films have become staples of modern cinema for their lush, hypnotic evocations of Hong Kong, they also spend a surprising amount of time exploring the world beyond the city limits. His characters fly out to Singapore, Cambodia, the Philippines. Some find a new life in America; some decide to come back.
As Wong’s style developed throughout the 90s, these transnational concerns persisted, from the hazy atmospherics of Yuddy’s sojourn in Manila in 1990’s
ACMI has just reopened again, so what can we expect from its $40 million revamp? The Story of the Moving Image - image by Adam Gibson
Words by Gabriela Caeli Sumampow
The museum is more mind-blowing than ever.
Introducing a media preservation lab and exciting exhibitions, some perks of ACMI’s new look include contemporary cafes and bars, revitalised shops, as well as a staircase connecting the building and its new relaxation spaces.
ACMI celebrates its reopening with an Open Weekend – debuting their newest centrepiece exhibition, a world-first piece of technology set to reinvent the museum-going experience, and a lineup of free activities, talks and performances.
Prepare for sensory overload: tomorrow the BFI delivers an online retrospective of the films of Wong Kar-Wai, who has supervised new 4K versions of five of the films on offer (bfi.org.uk). Born in