Criterion Critics

In The Mood For Love (2000)

Episode #60

Block 2 Pictures released In The Mood For Love on September 29, 2000. Wong Kar-wai directed the film starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, and Siu Ping-Lam.

‘In The Mood For Love’ Criterion Synopsis

Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-Wan and Su Li-Zhen move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping Bing, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past two decades of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career.

Read the full summary!

Follow Us

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to our YouTube channel for all of our film reviews.

Disclaimer
This podcast is intended for entertainment and information purposes only. The song Miami Nights is brought to you by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. All original content of this podcast is the intellectual property of the Criterion Critics, the MHM Podcast Network, and Fuzzy Bunny Slippers Entertainment LLC unless otherwise noted. The Criterion Critics are not affiliated with The Criterion Collection.

Rate the Film

Our Rating

Block 2 Pictures released In The Mood For Love on September 29, 2000. Wong Kar-wai directed the film starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, and Siu Ping-Lam.

User Rating: 4.25 ( 2 votes)
Show More
Subscribe
Notify of
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Back to top button
0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x