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Austin Film Society Essential Cinema: Days of Being Wild

Presented by Austin Film Society at Alamo Drafthouse - South Lamar

September 6, 2011

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 Tuesday, September 6 at 7 PM
The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

Co-written by Jeffrey Lau
Cinematography by Christopher Doyle
Edited by Patrick Tam, Kai Kit-Wai, and William Chang
Production design by William Chang
Hong Kong, 1990, distributed by Kino International, 35mm, color, 1.85:1, 94 min.
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Rebecca Pan, Jacky Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Cantonese/Shanghainese/Mandarin/Tagalog/English with English subtitles

Yuddy, a work-averse young man, gets by with the help of women, old and young. The demure Su Lizhen, who diligently holds down menial jobs, is finally won over by Yuddy’s philosophical pick-up lines, while the brash nightclub entertainer Mimi is confident she can get him and keep him. The older woman of the trio, a just-about-to-be washed-up prostitute, has raised Yuddy since childhood, but theirs is a twisted, Oedipal relationship full of anger, pain, sorrow, and something slightly distasteful. When she finally reveals his mother’s identity and whereabouts, Yuddy goes off to the Philippines in search of explanations for his abandonment. His two younger lovers are left to fend for themselves, one with a gentle cop/night watchman, the other with a childish, flashy, clueless friend of Yuddy’s. This rainy, gritty Hong Kong has never looked so beautiful through hyper-stylish compositions bathed in colors laced with shadows. Adding to the beauty are some of Hong Kong’s top actors, always available for a Wong Kar-wai film.

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    Alamo Drafthouse - South Lamar

    1120 South Lamar
    Austin, TX 78704

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     7 PM

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    • Event Name: Austin Film Society Essential Cinema: Days of Being Wild
      "Days of Being Wild and Confused (A-Team)"
      Review posted by: Jay_Young from 1, Sep 07, 2011
      

      "Days of Being Wild" is, according to the Austin Film Society, one of filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai's "most profound films." If so, I fear I missed the profoundness. It takes place in Hong Kong in the early... Expand

      "Days of Being Wild" is, according to the Austin Film Society, one of filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai's "most profound films." If so, I fear I missed the profoundness. It takes place in Hong Kong in the early 1960s, and centers around the life of a young man named York. The story begins with him seducing a store owner named So Lai-Chun. He quickly abandons her, because she wants total commitment, which he can't give. Another woman enters his life, and her fate is similar. We learn that York never knew his biological mother, who hired a surrogate, Rebecca, to raise him. Rebecca callously refuses to help York in his quest to find his mother. So his maternal detachment is what prevents his ability for intimacy. That's what the story is, but I found the presentation meandering and confusing, and the performances did not have enough pathos to make me care about the characters. The bright spot in the film was some gorgeous shots of the forest, and an exciting action sequence up the stairs. Collapse

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    • Event Name: Austin Film Society Essential Cinema: Days of Being Wild
      "Days of Being Wild and Confused (A-Team)"
      Review posted by: Jay_Young from 1, Sep 07, 2011
      

      "Days of Being Wild" is, according to the Austin Film Society, one of filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai's "most profound films." If so, I fear I missed the profoundness. It takes place in Hong Kong in the early... Expand

      "Days of Being Wild" is, according to the Austin Film Society, one of filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai's "most profound films." If so, I fear I missed the profoundness. It takes place in Hong Kong in the early 1960s, and centers around the life of a young man named York. The story begins with him seducing a store owner named So Lai-Chun. He quickly abandons her, because she wants total commitment, which he can't give. Another woman enters his life, and her fate is similar. We learn that York never knew his biological mother, who hired a surrogate, Rebecca, to raise him. Rebecca callously refuses to help York in his quest to find his mother. So his maternal detachment is what prevents his ability for intimacy. That's what the story is, but I found the presentation meandering and confusing, and the performances did not have enough pathos to make me care about the characters. The bright spot in the film was some gorgeous shots of the forest, and an exciting action sequence up the stairs. Collapse

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