KAR-WAI, WONG: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
Originally called Summer in Beijing about two Hong Kong citizens who work in the Chinese capital before the hand-over, Wong Kar-Wai's highly acclaimed In the Mood for Love ended up a Hong Kong story. It's just too hard to make a film about contemporary (censor-heavy) China - especially if you try and film anything near Tienannmin Square - as the filmmaker explains to Richard Kuipers in this telephone interview.
HEAR Richard Kuipers' interview with Wong Kar-Wai
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
In the early 1960s in Hong Kong, newspaperman Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and his wife move into a room in an apartment block mainly inhabited by the Shanghai community. The same day, Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung) and her husband - who is overseas on business - move into the adjoining apartment. Chow's wife is also away from home much of the time, and the two soon become friends. Slowly they both face the fact their spouses are having an affair, and their own feelings and certainties are challenged.
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 HEAR Richard Kuipers' interview with Wong Kar-Wai
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