Fallen Angels (Hong Kong) (1996)
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Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 18 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 8.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Synopsis:
Acclaimed director Kar-Wai's neo-noir fantasy about a hitman who is disturbed to realize that he is falling for his partner. Throw into the mix a mysterious drifter who is searching for her ex-boyfriend and a humorous mute, and the results are an ingenious blend of art and entertainment, set... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Leon Lai, Michele Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung, Karen Mok
Director: Kar-Wai Wong
Screenwriter: Kar-Wai Wong
Producer: Jeff Lau
Composer: Frankie Chan, Roel A. Garcia
Screenwriter: Kar-Wai Wong
Producer: Jeff Lau
Composer: Frankie Chan, Roel A. Garcia
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Photographed by expat Australian Christopher Doyle, Fallen Angels is cinematic exuberance in the hands of a confident filmmaker who builds a montage, and serves you a smorgasbord of images and characters that inhabit a world you are invited to experience.
12/14/07 02:15 AM
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01/20/07 05:03 AM
A brilliantly innovative filmmaker who gets his feelings across through the cheeky and sometimes surreal visuals and his cool style of filmmaking.
01/05/07 10:18 AM
Fallen Angels lunges and chases after its rapidly receding subjects, looking to capture and preserve a trace of their presence before the sun rises and the shadows fade.
02/05/05 10:38 PM
Stylish and mesmerizing... Equals the poignance of Chungking Express.
01/02/04 11:03 PM
There’s a lot more to Wong Kar-Wai than tremendous cinematic skill and distinctive style. He’s got something to say about the modern condition.
10/27/03 09:23 PM
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09/10/02 08:28 AM
Like Wong's film stock, whose meager latitude won't let the eye deep into the image, Wong's characters, all 20-something slackers and grotesques, have the same lack of depth.
06/05/02 08:18 AM
An exhilarating rush of a movie, with all manner of go-for-broke visual bravura that expresses perfectly the free spirits of [Wong's] bold young people.
02/14/01 12:36 AM
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Fallen Angels is more challenging visually than any mainstream Hollywood film I've ever seen.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Wong brings tremendous vigor and audacity to the effort, asking us to question the most basic rules of storytelling and commercial filmmaking.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
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01/01/00 12:00 AM
It has a life of its own, thanks to Wong's over-the-top blend of John Woo-like violence and almost surreal humor.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Wong has used practically every cinematic element available to him to create a mood of love gone off the track, drawn-out wishes, time passing emptily, and disconnection.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
I felt transported back to the 1960s films of Jean-Luc Godard. I was watching a film that was not afraid of its audience.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
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