Some of the editing has a giddy, overeager quality, the natural excess of a young prodigy, but when the action and the tempo align, the results are exhilarating: an early brawl in a pool hall fairly leaps off the screen.
As Tears Go By
1988 · 1h 42m · Not Rated
Crime, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Wong Kar-Wai
Overview
Two parallel stories of Wah caught in the mist of a love affair with his beloved cousin, Ngor, and his relationship with his triad brother, Fly, who seems to never fall out of trouble.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
This sounds like a fairly standard debut. But Wong smothers the story with tremendous style.
As Tears Go By doesn't measure up to Wong's later classics, such as In the Mood for Love (2000) and Chungking Express (1994), but it shows a master in the making.
Unpersuasive as drama, Tears is the first and last Wong movie touched by any feel of the obligatory.
Long before Wong Kar-wai perfected his dreamy, ennui-infused aesthetic (or got hopelessly stuck in blueberry goo), he made a name for himself with this warhorse tale of small-time hoods on the road to ruin.
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