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[Socreges]

I never know with you guys. Maybe this movie is fairly well known here, or more likely none of you have ever heard of it.

Anyway, I just caught the very, very end. So late in the movie, in fact, that I didn't see any people. So what is this about? There was one musical piece that played at the end that I thought was beautiful. Through watching the credits, I was able to find the movie on IMDB, and then the soundtrack on Google.

Is the rest of the score really good? Should I hunt it down (the soundtrack)? Apparently some tracks are a mix of Chinese classical and Nat King Cole which sounds like it could be awesome... or disastrous. So, any comments?

 

[sefskillz]

You should see the rest of the movie, it's amazing.

 

[distantmantra]

The movie is wonderful, as is the soundtrack... I've never seen it for sale anywhere (the soundtrack), or I would have picked it up ages ago.

The general premise of the film is these two married couples living in Hong Kong, and one of the husbands and the other wife discover their spouses are having an affair together, so the two begin to understand why this is happening. It's an interesting look at the Westernization of Asia, plus Christopher Doyle's (he also did Hero) cinematography is breathtaking. Criterion released a brilliant two-disc set of the film a few years back, it's well worth your money.

 

[nitewulf]

the soundtrack is fantastic through and through, just like the movie. wong kar wai is one of the few directors that integrate visual and aural media in his movies really well, very post modern. if you saw requiem for a dream and recall some of the repetative music along with the scenes, and some of the repetative scenes themselves (of shooting up drugs), WKW uses similar techniques.

 

[Goreomedy]

w.k.w. is also a favorite of mine.

Beautiful film, and yes, the soundtrack is strong throughout, Yumeji's Theme and the Nat King Cole tracks set the tone perfectly.

Quizas. Quizas. Quizas.

And to add to Nitewulf's post, I think the Jon Brion scores for PTAnderson films fit well into this "looping" style.

 

[Socreges]

Ok, nice to hear. I'll consider getting the movie, too.