Closing Film
Days of Being Wild (Midnight Screening Version)
Prod Co: In-Gear
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau Ka-ling, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Rebecca Pan
1990 | Colour | DCP | Cantonese | Chi & Eng subtitles | 95min
New Year's Eve Special Screening: Days of Being Wild (Midnight Screening Version 35mm)
Courtesy of Media Asia Film Distribution (HK) Limited
This film was acquired overseas in 2007.
As a cinema operator and film investor, Mr Gordon Fung ardently supports the work of cultural inheritance. Not only did he spare no effort with the Archive's staff to search for film negatives to the hidden corners of the earth, he also donated more than 1,000 precious copies of films and several tens of thousands of collection items to the Archive so the scattered abroad Hong Kong films can return to their motherland.
The theme of ‘seeking' keeps churning in the desolate sepia tones of the 1960s: seeking one's biological mother, seeking oneself, seeking love. Discontent comes from not finding what they seek: Yuddy, his adoptive mother, Su Li-zhen and Lulu are all like that. Their passions are as complex and entangled as the elaborate designs on Lulu's costumes. Clock is an important motif in this film. Time passes and can never be gotten back. The texture and impact brought to us in this film can also never be repeated. This is a feast of stars: In Wong Kar-wai's hands, these brightest stars in the Hong Kong film industry give their all-time best performances. Romance is ubiquitous, and like fine wines, improving with time to refine the drama in the film. This legendary midnight screening version makes its appearance again after three decades.
Days of Being Wild (Midnight Screening Version)
| Date | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 4/12/2021 (Sat) | 7:30pm | Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre |
New Year's Eve Special Screening: Days of Being Wild (Midnight Screening Version 35mm)
| Date | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2021 (Fri) | 10:00pm | Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive |
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