王家卫访谈录

Conversations With Filmmakers Series

by Silver Wai-ming Lee (Editor), Micky Lee (Editor), 李惠铭 (Editor)

王家卫，《花样年华》《重庆森林》《春光乍泄》的导演，蜚声国际影坛的异数与奇迹。《王家卫访谈录》收录王家卫接受的二十篇重要采访，时跨二十五年，其中包括数篇珍贵的粤语访谈，更有多篇外语访谈首译中文。这些访谈涉及与王家卫有关的一切，更记录了他对自己电影的独特解读，以及张国荣等影星对这位导演的评价。它们仿佛用时光胶片拍摄的老电影：记录王家卫的童年、求学生涯与成名之路；刻印60年代的香港、上海人群体的生活；折射王家卫式的格调——探戈、音乐、下午茶；洞悉都市人的爱情与孤独……王家卫以他擅长的即兴方式，亲自参演这些访谈，墨镜后面闪动着愉快的星芒。

Genres: Film, Collections

372 pages, Paperback

First published August 7, 2017

Reviews

[Christopher · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a collection of interviews given by Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-Wai between 1988 (when he had just released his debut As Tears Go By) and 2015 (when interviewers were interested in his recent The Grandmaster). Most of these interviews originally ran in Hong Kong or mainland China publication, so the editors have done a great service by having them translated into English and made available to an international audience.

The interviews are occasionally interesting. We get some biographical details about the director (though with some repetition, as these are mentioned again and again from one interview to another), and something of a filmmaker’s credo:

The greatest fun of films is you can live many lives; you can create a world in which you can put many characters. To say it inarticulately, it is like playing God–like in Greek myths, you put characters in them and see how the characters run and walk. In fact, you can jump into the characters to experience many lives.

I also appreciated the information given here on why Wong Kar-Wai released Ashes of Time and The Grandmaster in multiple versions, and what the differences between them are.

However, this collection is all in all rather mediocre. The interviews never quite get into the depth that a Wong Kar-Wai fan would like, and generally the interviewer is doing a by-the-numbers article covering the director’s latest film, while Wong Kar-Wai himself sticks to vague generalities.

[Pedro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Many, many insights.

[Karena Xu · Rating 3 out of 5]

a pure combination of previous interviews with Wai; no additional materials

[Carlita · Rating 4 out of 5]

el tío es un cachondo que se la pela tanto todo le quiero un montón