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Originally Posted by Shuffle
This film completed In The Mood For Love for me, which was beautiful and moody but left an empty feeling when I first saw it.
In The Mood for Love puzzles me. Watching it, I become mesmerized by Maggie C.'s wardrobe. She sheds her skin more often than a snake does, but never seems to grow. Also the dress pattern is always the same, but the fabrics are completely different -- and-- they always seem to match something in the background. I know guys who make good faith efforts to match their ties with their shirts, but who changes their dress every 5 minutes to match the wallpaper? Is Maggie a snake or a chameleon? And Tony's Chow sleepwalks through making the same mistakes he will make in 2046.
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I can (unintentionally) identify with Tony Leung's character more than I care to admit.
That's my problem. He amplifies every mistake I made in my youth. Perhaps he represents the human condition.
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Bai Ling is someone I feel sorry for more than I would desire her.
I worry about Bai Ling, but don't feel sorry for her. She willing to take chances. She's willing to put it all out there. She's not in the petrified stasis of Chow.
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the fictional Japanese passenger (an avatar for Tony Leung) begins kissing Faye Wong (the android).
I don't remember this clearly. Wasn't Faye helping to write the story? Was the Japanese passenger her creation? Was he supposed to be her boyfriend in Japan, but somebody that Tony could learn from?