Wong Kar-Wai's In The Mood For Love

Wong Kar-Wai’s visually stunning,"In the Mood for Love" is a film set in Hong Kong 1962, and made in the year 2000. The two protagonists, Chow Mo-Wan, and Su Li-Zhen, become neighbors where they discover that their marital partners have cheated on them. Through their mutual betrayal, they begin to develop an intimate bond, but the fear of becoming similar to their spouses causes them to avoid expressing it fully. The aesthetic elements play a strong role in broadening the viewer's understanding of the film, because although Chow and Su remain moderately reserved, their relationship and emotions are palpable by the film's microscopic elements. The plot revolves around Chow and Su repressing their feelings due to societal pressures, and Wong consistently uses restricted space to demonstrate that. The growth of emotions, and lust from the characters, are clear by
Lastly, Wong uses images with reflections and incomplete views to echo a memory, which is a common theme in the film. It is through images with limited space, figurative color, and insubstantial shots, that the perversity within the characters summits the most. Enclosed spaces reflect the way that the two protagonists often feel obligated to hold in their feelings. When Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan converse outside on a street, they are either in the background, or against a corner along the wall making their feelings of feeling overly observed and emotionally trapped more prominent. The fear of coming forth with honesty is evident in the scene where Mr. Chow admits his feelings to Su. Firstly, the scene begins with an immediate emotional divide as Mr. Chow says he will wait with Sue in the rain, despite that she said they should not be near each other. Su falls silent after as she begins to hang her head low as she struggles with finding words. Following their difference in desired action, there is a moment