042. Wong Kar-wai: In The Mood for Love
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The End of Happy Together
Happy together was made because wong wanted to get out of hong kong. The reason why he kind of uses this 19 66 cambodie visit from charles de gal from france, other really important touchstones. And i think there is an alegury here that echoes one's feelings about what is happening in honcoda when he makes us feelyes. In 20, forty six the allegory is not hidden behind a lot of shadows any more. Everything becomes very politic or it feels very politically allegorical.
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