The long-awaited retrospective from the internationally renowned film director celebrated for his visually lush and atmospheric films. Wong Kar Wai is known for his romantic and stylish films that explore—in saturated, cinematic scenes—themes of love, longing, and the burden of memory. His style reveals a fascination with mood and texture, and a sense of place figures prominently. In this volume, the first on his entire body of work, Wong Kar Wai and writer John Powers explore Wong’s complete oeuvre in the locations of some of his most famous scenes. The book is structured as six conversations between Powers and Wong (each in a different locale), including the restaurant where he shot In the Mood for Love and the snack bar where he shot Chungking Express. Discussing each of Wong’s eleven films, the conversations also explore Wong’s trademark themes of time, nostalgia, and beauty, and their roots in his personal life. This first book by Wong Kar Wai, lavishly illustrated with more than 250 photographs and film stills and featuring an opening critical essay by Powers, WKW: The Cinema of Wong Kar Wei is as evocative as walking into one of Wong’s lush films.

WKW: The Cinema of Wong Kar Wai

Humor & Entertainment

Wai, Wong Kar

Powers,John

Movies

Rizzoli

Description: Visionaire says, "Come PLAY with us." Sixteen artists take to their cameras or computers and create original films in the form of flip books for Visionaire No. 39: Play. Collected together, the sixteen flip books are encased in a sleek tilted case. Contributions include works by leading photographers Steven Meisel, Nick Knight, Mario Testino, Steven Klein, and Craig McDean, plus a provocative dance number captured by Peter Lindbergh and a blooming flower photographed by fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld. The issue also features a daredevil explosion by video artist Roman Signer; a collaboration between film-graphics firm Imaginary Forces (Minority Report) and architect Greg Lynn; a special message from artist Tony Oursler's lips; cross-country travel from the Snorri Brothers directing team; work from preeminent filmmakers Pedro AlmodAvar, Spike Jonze, Darren Aronofsky, and Wong Kar Wei; and a burlesque Visionaire can-can dancer by Baz Luhrmann. Visionaire No. 39: Play was conceived in collaboration with the creators of PlayStation 2, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE).

Visionaire No. 39: Play

Arts & Photography

Lynn, Greg

Lindbergh, Peter

Fashion

Visionaire Publishing, LLC

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