[Reading Response] Eunice Seng: “Cuts through Hong Kong”

This article is a thoughtful and profound analysis of the movie “In the Mood for Love” by Director Wong Kar-Wai. The author, Eunice Seng, explores the inevitable and irreversible concepts that the movie portrays, such as love, migration, and temporary identity, from both a micro and macro perspective. The article argues that changes are inevitable, whether it is the 1960s when the plot is set, the filming time in 2000, or even our current time of 2024. Seng also highlights the movie’s use of “spatial and temporal collage” to capture and convey the old and new cultural ideas that were

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