At KPBS, friend of the Gutter Beth Accomando talks about Wong Kar-Wai’s In The Mood For Love (Hong Kong, 2000) on its 25th anniversary. “In the Mood for Love turns 25 this year, so I dug back into my archives for this tribute to the Hong Kong art house favorite, which will be screening at Digital Gym Cinema through Sept. 4.

In the Mood for Love has only grown more intoxicating with age. Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai has been whipping up heady romantic cocktails for decades. He compares his films to jam sessions, improvised on the spot.

‘I’m the bandleader. I just keep everything in tune,’ Wong told me back in 2000 for an NPR story I did.”

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