Wong Kar-Wei

•  He brings both Asian sensibility and French New Wave cinematic techniques to each of his stories
• Born in Shanghai, China on July 17, 1958, Wong Kar-Wai moved to Hong Kong when he was five years-old. 
• His mother introduced him to many different aspects of cinema ranging from the films of Hong Kong to 1960s French New Wave. After spending two years studying graphic design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic College in 1980, he enrolled in the Hong Kong Television Broadcast Limited course for production training and he learned the art of screenwriting.
• Tang hired Kar-Wai to write scripts for various movies ranging from romantic-comedies to action films. Though they scripts were successful, and helped him to get a lot of work, it was clear that Kar-Wai wanted something more. Fortunately, it was Tang who ultimately gave Kar-Wai the chance to helm his first feature film.

Fallen Angels

• After the turmoil over Ashes of Time, and the creative spark he got over the making of Chungking Express, Kar-Wai decided to revisit a story that was originally going to be part of Chungking Express‘s third act. Fallen Angels is a multi-layered tale that explores themes of melancholy, love, and self-discovery. One story revolved around a hitman (Leon Lai) and his relationship with his contact (Michelle Reis). Though they rarely meet, the contact has affections for the hitman. Unfortunately things become complicated when the hitman tries to escape his criminal life to be with a kooky blonde-hair woman (Karen Mok). The other story involves a mute (Takeshi Kaneshiro) who ventures from various odd jobs only to end up meeting his first real love (Charlie Yeung). Kar-Wai had the two narratives collide in rather unexpected ways.

• Set in the same world where Chungking Express, and using many of the same collaborators behind the scenes, Fallen Angels featured intoxicating imagery. Christopher Doyle used hand-held cameras to emphasize the vibrant look of Hong Kong. Kar-Wai’s approach to the music was more exotic than in his previous films. He mixed Asian pop music with avant-garde sounds created by performance artist Speak My Language. The romantic tone of the film was eloquently conveyed through various songs including a cover of Yazoo’s Only You by the Flying Pickets.

• Fallen Angels premiered in Hong Kong in September of 1995 to excellent reviews and modest success at the box office. The film got a limited release in the U.S. three years later where it was championed by critics like Amy Taubin and J. Hoberman who placed the film on their list of the best films of the 1990s.

his films all have something to do with time - 2046, happy days, ashes of time ect
his theme is time