tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post768925673071890039..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Fallen AngelsEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-12338102403751207702011-05-06T09:20:51.880-04:002011-05-06T09:20:51.880-04:00Thanks, Bonjour Tristesse. Love your blog name, by...Thanks, Bonjour Tristesse. Love your blog name, by the way, that's one of my favorite films.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-48249546162448274712011-05-05T15:34:17.492-04:002011-05-05T15:34:17.492-04:00Superb review. This is my favorite WKW film. He ...Superb review. This is my favorite WKW film. He creates such a great atmosphere, and the ending sequence is just so beautiful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597866901901238462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-12959712417935260602011-05-05T11:03:29.555-04:002011-05-05T11:03:29.555-04:00Yeah, this one is overloaded with quirky detail an...Yeah, this one is overloaded with quirky detail and eccentric oddities. It's such a wild, entertaining film despite the deep well of melancholy running through all its characters.<br /><br />J.D., I didn't know that about <i>Chungking Express</i> but it makes total sense. As Jason and I discussed in our recent Wong convo, all of Wong's films kind of feel like they exist in the same Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-24133780837182602492011-05-05T10:57:20.642-04:002011-05-05T10:57:20.642-04:00Excellent review. This is one of my fave Wong film...Excellent review. This is one of my fave Wong films for the reason, as others have said, that it is such an offbeat film. I find it interesting that originally the film was originally meant to be another story tagged onto CHUNGKING EXPRESS but Wong decided to develop it further into its own film and as a result these films are forever linked. They really do feel like they could exist in the same Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-77562336884047379462011-05-05T09:09:41.951-04:002011-05-05T09:09:41.951-04:00This is bizarre, but I find a kind of freshness in...This is bizarre, but I find a kind of freshness in it that few others Wong Kar-Wai have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-59785861908107177862011-05-05T08:53:09.229-04:002011-05-05T08:53:09.229-04:00Great description, Ed. Fallen Angels is the most q...Great description, Ed. <i>Fallen Angels</i> is the most quirkily bizarre of all of Wong's films to date.DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.com