2023-05-06 23:09:00
old neighborhood smell reminisce Strolling through Bangkok Shophouses and thinking regarding a man named Wong Ka Wai…
even if it’s cheap “Critics” Tease that In the mood for love is “music movie” (using a lot of background music) but “Wong Ka Wai” I can only smile and do not respond to this view because what he was more interested in was “Writing Place” before going “Photo Squad” that late morning
in the book The Cinema of Wong Kar-Wai Hia Wong or P’Wong reveals his work that he likes to go “coffee shop” to review the chapters that are regarding to be filmed Maybe there isn’t an exact script. And there are some that even have a script – it’s fixed during filming. It’s not strange that Wong Ka-Wai has a working style called Spontaneous That is, take away, improvise, fix (Than Mui is this approach).
in many movies (or maybe every story) of Wong, place of writing therefore important, including “places in the movie” because he said working location Enhance the mood of the movie out… For this reason, we can see that
Behind the scenes in his movies, there are often Old town or classic old town No matter where the photo is taken, be it Bang Rak, Talat Noi, Song Wad Road or Chungking Mansion in Hong Kong….
From the book, a collection of scenes, secrets, backstory The Cinema of Wong Kar-Wai At Kino, it has been sold 3 times now or in the past 6 months. There is a book that “Right now” by foreigners and pretending to be the best seller of the year In the place book category, that is Bangkok Shophouses
Why is it selling so well?
BK Shophouses is a collection book “Old settlement” (Old town) in Bangkok Especially – it’s a classic old shophouse. Since the reign of King Rama V (regarding 120 years), there may have been painting and demolition, but the main structure of the building Important architectural features are still intact.
Turn to page 8, you may smell the herbs at Tha Tien. Turn to page 47, you may enjoy the smell of rice warehouses. Turning to page 50 is like entering a little market, or if you go to page 90, you may have to take an “emotional walk” with Wang Lang.
I read this book many times and bought 3 books at work, at home and at the condo, wherever I go, I have to read (without having to carry it with me). BK Shophouses Use watercolor painting methods in warm and cool tones according to the location and personality of the old building.
But the credit that the painter is “Mr. Supachai Wongnoppadoldecha” Do not forget to give is water color brand Holbein which has one important color personality: softness to the eye and the warmth of the image, which “back” They tend to have warmer colors than other tones.
This morning, even though I’m Chae, I come to write regarding a book. but in reality Some of you may not know. Several pages of this book “Wong Ka-Wai” used to come to shoot movies at night, he said that the old buildings in the old area of our house Charming and emotional “Longing for the Past” (Nostalgia) the way “Old neighborhood, old house” In the movies, he’s always important, just like “One Character” (Because the residents of the old neighborhood are the “give – explain – create” movie guidelines)
Many of Wong’s films always have three or four points in common. unbalanced (Distorted) to reflect the strange, unusual, unsmooth mind of the characters
Two, some characters have what is called Lost soul Or the soul is lost, there is no background, the past is not explained. Missing a source… (days of being wild, ashes of time, chungking express) And third, almost every character is isolated, lonely and incompatible. “relationship” all levels
There is only one thing in the movie that is stable, enduring and perfect in telling the mood, that is the old building, old room, old place…. that used to be in the book. Shophouse this book
may not be a classic “Adam and Eve” not warm, sweet “Youth” but still fascinated….like “Love Novel”
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