In The Mood For Love
In The Mood For Love Introduction Wong Kar-Wai’s In The Mood For Love revolves around Mr Chow and Mrs Chan, as they realise that their respective spouses are having an affair with each other. Feelings gradually begin to blossom between them, and leads to them starting a relationship of their own. Love For a film of this title, it presents love in a pretty depressing light. A forbidden love in the form of the adulterers, and a relationship with an eventual end and a sense of wrongness looming overhead in the form of Mr Chow and Mrs Chan. Throughout the film, we are constantly reminded that the relationship between Mr Chow and Mrs Chan is a doomed one, and adds a layer of depth to their relationship and interactions. As a viewer, it would be natural to support the main characters here, and it is crushing as we already know the eventual outcome of the relationship. As for the adulterers, I would like to quote film critic Roger Ebert. “Movies about adultery are always about the adulterers...