In the Mood for Love is a 2000 romantic drama about the life of Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan in 1960’s Hong Kong. The film is colorful and many of the scenes are recorded in unique and interesting ways to produce a visual masterpiece. Wong Kar-wai makes several artistic and cinematic choices to make the world of In the Mood for Love an interesting one. The color red is used very often in the movie. Its on the walls, the curtains, the lamps and even Mrs. Chan’s dress. Some of it could be just set design as the setting of the movie, Hong Kong, is close to China and red is their most commonly used color. However, I believe that it is used this way in the movie because the color red is associated with love and passion. This signifies to the audience the love and passion between Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan, It is my .
Another interesting cinematic choice Wong Kar-wai makes is to not show Mr. Chan or Mrs. Chow. We know that they exist and that they are having an affair through the main characters, but we never get see them on camera. This forces us to see the events of the film from the perspective of Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan. Mirrors, windows and other objects are used to create a unique point of view. These objects obstruct the view and make it seem like we the audience are looking into the lives of the main characters, which we are through the lens of the camera.
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