WKW: The Cinema of Wong Kar Wai

　　被譽為「東方好萊塢」的香港造就許多出色的電影製作人，但作品入選英國BBC「100部最佳外語片」的只有一人：王家衛。來自43個國家209位影評人認為，王家衛是少數將電影作品超越了語言和文化限制的導演。

 

　　無論電影是以20世紀60年代為背景，或是放在現代城市還是歷史當中，王家衛電影的主題都能引起普世共鳴。20世紀90年代中期，王家衛已經成為了香港最出色的電影製作人之一。作品如《春光乍洩》在坎城影展獲得最佳導演獎—也是第一個獲此殊榮的華人導演；背景設在20世紀60年代的香港愛情片《花樣年華》，被認為是王家衛最優秀的作品。

 

　　《王家衛的電影》是王家衛和美國影評人John Powers一起合作完成，回顧他半生事業的作品，以對話的方式，有系統的呈現了王家衛對他的 11 部電影的剖析。304頁巨作網羅了王家衛多年來電影的250張珍貴照片，有許多是從未公開的影像，對於影迷來說，是很難得的珍藏。

The long-awaited retrospective from the internationally renowned film director celebrated for his visually lush and atmospheric films. Wong Kar Wai is known for his romantic and stylish films that explore--in saturated, cinematic scenes--themes of love, longing, and the burden of memory. His style reveals a fascination with mood and texture, and a sense of place figures prominently. In this volume, the first on his entire body of work, Wong Kar Wai and writer John Powers explore Wong's complete oeuvre in the locations of some of his most famous scenes. The book is structured as six conversations between Powers and Wong (each in a different locale), including the restaurant where he shot In the Mood for Love and the snack bar where he shot Chungking Express. Discussing each of Wong's eleven films, the conversations also explore Wong's trademark themes of time, nostalgia, and beauty, and their roots in his personal life. This first book by Wong Kar Wai, lavishly illustrated with more than 250 photographs and film stills and featuring an opening critical essay by Powers, WKW: The Cinema of Wong Kar Wei is as evocative as walking into one of Wong's lush films.

John Powers is a writer and film critic. Powers covers film and politics for Vogue and Vogue.com and is the pop-culture critic and critic-at-large on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Harper’s, The Nation, Gourmet, the Washington Post, The New York Times, and L.A. Weekly, where he spent twelve years as a critic and columnist.