In The Mood For Love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000)

French Impressionist

The french Impressionist movement is popular during 1919-1928.The movement was inspired by a variety of factors, including anti-establishment, foreign/Asian influences and a desire to paint modern life instead of academic subjects of history and mythology.

SYNOPSIS:

Set in Hong Kong, 1962, Chow Mo-Wan is a newspaper editor who moves into a new building with his wife. At the same time, Su Li-zhen, a beautiful secretary and her executive husband also move in to the crowded building. With their spouses often away, Chow and Li-zhen spend most of their time together as friends. They have everything in common from noodle shops to martial arts. Soon, they are shocked to discover that their spouses are having an affair. Hurt and angry, they find comfort in their growing friendship even as they resolve not to be like their unfaithful mates.

ANALYSIS:

Firstly, the rhythmic editing was used in this film. In rhythmic editing, the content is not only determined by the absolute length of the sequence, but also the action within the frame. As the above picture shown, Mrs.Chan was running up and down the stairs and also running back and forth at the corridor of the hotel where Mr.Chow stayed. She's thinking whether to find or not to find Mr.Chow as because Mr.Chow was sick but there's an internal struggles in her heart. 

Next, from the picture above, it show that there's an internal struggle between Mr.Chow and also Mrs.Chan were having a conflict about whether continue stay beside their spouses forever or they have to confess out their real feeling towards each other. As the smoke from the cigarette, it give a sense of the representation of his mind of his own true feeling towards Mrs.Chan and also his spouses who had love affair with others. 

CONCLUSION:

Every slow motion in this film could actually give a sense for us on the interaction between Mr.Chow and also Mrs.Chan. Their relationship was became more deep heart from a neighbor relationship to a liking each other relationship. Gone through all the struggles, end up they were separate and live their own life. 

  

REFERENCE:

Rocchio, V. (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, 2017, from http://www.dartmouth.edu/~film01/editing.html