Fallen Angels

"But at this moment, I'm feeling such lovely warmth".

Wong Kar-wai has one of the most delicious and delirious filmographies I’ve come across. His characters live such wildly different lives and yet share so many of the same feelings of longing and loneliness that I always connect to so deeply.

His extreme close-ups and warped camera angles, claustrophobic settings and dizzying use of colour and light make for some of the most paradoxically pleasing and uncomfortable watching experiences in cinema (not to mention the fucking incredible soundtracks, every time). His work is absolutely unparalleled.

Fallen Angels joins In the Mood for Love and Days of Being Wild as big favourites of mine. 2046 was the only (slight) miss so far for me, and even then there’s so much to compliment it on.

Fallen Angels makes me accept the fact that I’m a bitch for melodrama. Like, hey, Wong Kar-wai I’m worshipping you. This film is so simple yet so SO amazing. Just the fact that most of the film revolves around partnership, love, time and space... Have you ever gone to a store and seen the same stranger in there every time you go in? It’s like you know them but you really don’t? Still you feel there is a bonding between you too? And maybe it’s just you, feeling together in space and time but they only witness you in space and don’t think of you in time or maybe don’t even ever notice you at all!! Well Fallen Angels reflects on how we can often be together in space but apart at the same time; hence the scene of one of the film’s character Zhiwu when he watches a tape of his dead father. We perceive that Zhiwu feels once more connected with his father in space, but we also get a sense of “together in different times”. Utterly simplistic and beautiful, there is nothing more perfect than everything this film sets out to be. And I feel so connected to it. The way the cinematography plays, those odd yet intimate close ups on characters, the smoothed slow motion, the shift between the cold colours and poppy warm colours, the very simplistic small locations that make the film feel so much more intimate yet the emptiness in scenarios sometimes adds that melancholic touch... The beautifully composed music, I have never listened to such an amazing soundtrack, wow! This film is flawless. “Everyday you will encounter many people,” “There are some people you can never get close to,” “Maybe the fact we’re both so quiet explains why we’ve always been so close,” “Find out too much about a person and you lose interest.” Thanks for this masterpiece Wong Kar-wai.

Exciting, funny, atmospheric and heartfelt film about love and loneliness, made via incredible cinematography, that captures a unique vibe.

¿Que vale una vida? Depende de la suerte que tengas.

Es una película que quería ver hace mucho porque me gustó como resaltaba su estética y ahora que la veo no encontré fallas en ello, fue precioso, desarrollando todo sentimiento en las profundidades de la medianoche, me encanta lo desordenada y espontánea que es, la forma tan peculiar de las tomas de la cámara.e llamo mucho la atención, también la tensión de los personajes, no de ellos en si, sino de ellos dentro de la película, era sexy, no se cómo explicarlo, había una representación sin sentido visualmente pero con mucha profundidad sentimental y era el amor, la soledad, la toma de decisiones, la muerte, la nostalgia todo y lo que más me encantó en todo momento llevaban un puto cigarro todos kaksjsjsjsjdj ame.
Y mis sueño culposo es sentirme como se ve está película.

Here’s the translation:


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What is a life worth? It depends on the luck you have.

This was a movie I’d wanted to see for a long time because I loved how it highlighted its aesthetic, and now that I've watched it, I found no flaws in that aspect—it was beautiful, developing every emotion in the depths of midnight. I love how messy and spontaneous it is, the peculiar way the camera angles are set caught my attention, and also the tension of the characters—not them in themselves, but them within the movie. It was sexy; I don’t know how to explain it. There was a visually nonsensical representation but with a lot of sentimental depth: love, loneliness, decision-making, death, nostalgia, all of it. And what I loved the most was that, at every moment, everyone had a damn cigarette. I loved it.

And my guilty dream is to feel the way this movie looks.

Fallen Angels is a 1995 Hong Kong neo-noir film directed by acclaimed filmmaker Wong Kar-wai. The film employs Wong's signature avant-garde and dreamlike visual style, with heavy use of saturated colors, slow motion, and inventive camera angles.

The nonlinear plot follows two interconnected stories - a hitman who wants to quit his job and the mute petty criminal he partners with. Fallen Angels examines themes of loneliness and alienation in the urban Hong Kong setting.

Critics praised the film's striking cinematography by Christopher Doyle and atmospheric jazz soundtrack. However, some found the fragmented narrative difficult to follow and the characters underdeveloped.

Overall, Fallen Angels cements Wong Kar-wai's status as an innovative auteur. While not as emotionally resonant as his later films like In the Mood for Love, it remains a mesmerizing and one-of-a-kind cinematic experience. Fans of Wong's dreamy visual poetry will surely appreciate this neon-lit tale of lost souls.

Takeshi Kaneshiro is too handsome！！