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The Hand

Sat Jan 25 and Fri Jan 31
The Hand finds Wong Kar Wai continuing to transition from the frenetic, energized style of his earlier films into a register that is lush with romantic grandeur.
Sat Jan 25
and
Fri Jan 31

Like In the Mood for Love, The Hand is set in the hazy Hong Kong of the 1960s, but its characters couldn’t be more different from the earlier film’s restrained, haunted lovers. Originally conceived for the anthology film Eros (which also included segments by Steven Soderbergh and Michelangelo Antonioni), The Hand tells the tale of Zhang (Chang Chen), a shy tailor’s assistant enraptured by a mysterious client, Miss Hua (Gong Li). A hypnotic tale of obsession, repression, and class divisions, The Hand finds Wong Kar Wai continuing to transition from the frenetic, energized style of his earlier films into a register that is lush with romantic grandeur. The film is presented in this retrospective for the first time in its extended cut. 

Director
Wong Kar Wai
Duration
55 min
Year
2002
Country
Hong Kong
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