tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607055858414761716.post7660650076233556394..comments2023-04-07T08:27:37.757-07:00Comments on my back pages: ‘Where Have all the Cities Gone?,’ Asked Wong Kar WaiNeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07142918619777171516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607055858414761716.post-15239745967011773282006-12-28T08:15:00.000-08:002006-12-28T08:15:00.000-08:00Firstly if I may differ, I do not agree that "ever...Firstly if I may differ, I do not agree that "every cinematic vision of future possess this "tired grey sky with emaciated breathing below" sort of frames." Secondly a 'sensuous paris' or 'raw energy' has nothing to do with Cities flourishing in its regal solidity? Infact the very terms 'regal solidity' brings to me images of a plain sobre solidity which is not what Asia is all about Or even Contemporary European or Latin American Cinema is all about. And if I see Breathless even today it brings to me very human images Paris, throbbing with vibrancy as opposed to the classical description od Paris being regal and splendid. And as for your answer, watch 'The Road Home' by Zhang Yimou.Neelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07142918619777171516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607055858414761716.post-38327323808171629662006-12-03T02:14:00.000-08:002006-12-03T02:14:00.000-08:00...antithetical to that Kar Wai vision of crumblin......antithetical to that Kar Wai vision of crumbling megalopolice, where urbanity has lost its sheen is Kieslowski's Tricoluers. I came across this blog from your orkut link and this thought on vanishing cities sparkeld some dormant thoughts. Through out the annals of human history the towns have been the nerve centers for blossoming civilization, a convergence of dynamism and innovation...but every cinematic vision of future possess this "tired grey sky with emaciated breathing below" sort of frames.<br />Why so? Why do non-European fimmakers indulge more in excavating this perspective? Non-European i say so because mostly in european movies the cities have this solid presence , maybe their architecture is overtly responsible for this. And here its where i come to Kieslowski. Everybody i know gets floored by the strength in his visualization of the colours Blue, White Red but somehow i could sense a raw energy in the cities..a bland Paris and frosty Warsaw in White and sensuos Paris again in Red..inviting for melancholic seduction. <br />Is there any example of Asian cinema with the city flourishing in its regal solidity? Even in the stylized Infernal Affairs HongKong is not plain sombre solid, the backdrop seems almost menacing in that famous Tony Leung Andy Lau encounter.<br />Is there any European movie with withering cityscape? <br />I am still waiting for an answer.alpha_ro_melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12551163912529687987noreply@blogger.com