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A film still of a man and woman riding a motorcycle through a tunnel illuminated by green-tinged lighting. Neither wears a helmet. The man at the front smokes a long cigarette. The woman, at the back, holds onto the man. Her eyes are closed. The headlights of cars are visible in the distance.

Fallen Angels & Shorts

Details
Programme: Hong Kong: The Establishing Shot
Format: DCP / Category IIB / 113 min.
Language: Cantonese (with Chinese and English subtitles)
Audience: Everyone
Location: House 1
A film still of a man and woman riding a motorcycle through a tunnel illuminated by green-tinged lighting. Neither wears a helmet. The man at the front smokes a long cigarette. The woman, at the back, holds onto the man. Her eyes are closed. The headlights of cars are visible in the distance.

Fallen Angels & Shorts

‘Forget First, Remember Later’, a subchapter of ‘Hong Kong: The Establishing Shot’, explores Hong Kong's constantly evolving cityscape, driven by innovation, development, and reconstruction. The works in this subchapter document the personal and collective memory of the city’s disappearing spaces and their landscapes, reminding us of the emotionally charged environment that remains archetypal Hong Kong.

Fallen Angels

Wong Kar Wai | 1995 | DCP | Chinese & English subtitles | 99 min.

A hit man (Leon Lai) who wants out, experiences feelings for his contact (Michelle Reis) whom he has never met. She turns out to be just as obsessed with him. Later, he meets a hysteric (Karen Mok) claiming to be his old flame and crosses path with a mute (Takeshi Kaneshiro) who sneaks into shops and runs businesses after hours. He falls for a lovelorn girl (Charlie Yeung) who never stops talking. Cinematographer Christipher Doyle's hand-held camerawork captures the alienation and longing in the city, with its hypnotic neon glow and maze of streets, stalls, and shops, while crystallising the nightscape of Hong Kong in the 1990s.

M+ Cinema will be presenting a newly restored 4K version of this 1990s classic.

A film still of a man in black sunglasses holding a gun and firing out of frame.

Directed by Wong Kar-wai. Fallen Angels, 1995. Photo: Courtesy of Jet Tone Film Production

A film still of a woman with orange hair and wearing a satin qipao dress. She leans against a grey wall with which metal mailboxes and wires hung across the frame.

Directed by Wong Kar-wai. Fallen Angels, 1995. Photo: Courtesy of Jet Tone Film Production

A monochrome film still of a man and woman. The woman places her hand under her right jaw line against a table top. The man sits beside her and glances at the woman while holding a glass cup in his hand.

Directed by Wong Kar-wai. Fallen Angels, 1995. Photo: Courtesy of Jet Tone Film Production

A film still of a man in black sunglasses holding a gun and firing out of frame.

Directed by Wong Kar-wai. Fallen Angels, 1995. Photo: Courtesy of Jet Tone Film Production

A film still of a woman with orange hair and wearing a satin qipao dress. She leans against a grey wall with which metal mailboxes and wires hung across the frame.

Directed by Wong Kar-wai. Fallen Angels, 1995. Photo: Courtesy of Jet Tone Film Production

A monochrome film still of a man and woman. The woman places her hand under her right jaw line against a table top. The man sits beside her and glances at the woman while holding a glass cup in his hand.

Directed by Wong Kar-wai. Fallen Angels, 1995. Photo: Courtesy of Jet Tone Film Production

A film still of a man in black sunglasses holding a gun and firing out of frame.

Directed by Wong Kar-wai. Fallen Angels, 1995. Photo: Courtesy of Jet Tone Film Production

A film still of a woman with orange hair and wearing a satin qipao dress. She leans against a grey wall with which metal mailboxes and wires hung across the frame.

Directed by Wong Kar-wai. Fallen Angels, 1995. Photo: Courtesy of Jet Tone Film Production

A monochrome film still of a man and woman. The woman places her hand under her right jaw line against a table top. The man sits beside her and glances at the woman while holding a glass cup in his hand.

Directed by Wong Kar-wai. Fallen Angels, 1995. Photo: Courtesy of Jet Tone Film Production

A film still of a man in black sunglasses holding a gun and firing out of frame.

Directed by Wong Kar-wai. Fallen Angels, 1995. Photo: Courtesy of Jet Tone Film Production

A film still of a woman with orange hair and wearing a satin qipao dress. She leans against a grey wall with which metal mailboxes and wires hung across the frame.

Directed by Wong Kar-wai. Fallen Angels, 1995. Photo: Courtesy of Jet Tone Film Production

A monochrome film still of a man and woman. The woman places her hand under her right jaw line against a table top. The man sits beside her and glances at the woman while holding a glass cup in his hand.

Directed by Wong Kar-wai. Fallen Angels, 1995. Photo: Courtesy of Jet Tone Film Production

Accompanying Shorts

A film still of a street lit by neon signs. The neon signs in the foreground have glowing blue or green borders and Chinese characters lit in red.

Hong Kong Fuel Cuts, 1970. Photo: Courtesy of 10X Media Group Pty Ltd

A film still of a man with greyed hair. He is smiling.

Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World, 2014. Photo: Courtesy of West Kowloon Cultural District

A film still of with a black border. There are ten rectangular frames altogether in the centre of the frame: four at the bottom, two stacked on top, and another four at the highest tier. Each of the frame dons a red-white-green stripped pattern.

Directed by Cheung Kit Yin, Ziki. A Good Trip One Night Along Nathan Road, 2018. Photo: Courtesy of My Little Airport & Ziki Cheung

A film still of a street lit by neon signs. The neon signs in the foreground have glowing blue or green borders and Chinese characters lit in red.

Hong Kong Fuel Cuts, 1970. Photo: Courtesy of 10X Media Group Pty Ltd

A film still of a man with greyed hair. He is smiling.

Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World, 2014. Photo: Courtesy of West Kowloon Cultural District

A film still of with a black border. There are ten rectangular frames altogether in the centre of the frame: four at the bottom, two stacked on top, and another four at the highest tier. Each of the frame dons a red-white-green stripped pattern.

Directed by Cheung Kit Yin, Ziki. A Good Trip One Night Along Nathan Road, 2018. Photo: Courtesy of My Little Airport & Ziki Cheung

A film still of a street lit by neon signs. The neon signs in the foreground have glowing blue or green borders and Chinese characters lit in red.

Hong Kong Fuel Cuts, 1970. Photo: Courtesy of 10X Media Group Pty Ltd

A film still of a man with greyed hair. He is smiling.

Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World, 2014. Photo: Courtesy of West Kowloon Cultural District

A film still of with a black border. There are ten rectangular frames altogether in the centre of the frame: four at the bottom, two stacked on top, and another four at the highest tier. Each of the frame dons a red-white-green stripped pattern.

Directed by Cheung Kit Yin, Ziki. A Good Trip One Night Along Nathan Road, 2018. Photo: Courtesy of My Little Airport & Ziki Cheung

A film still of a street lit by neon signs. The neon signs in the foreground have glowing blue or green borders and Chinese characters lit in red.

Hong Kong Fuel Cuts, 1970. Photo: Courtesy of 10X Media Group Pty Ltd

A film still of a man with greyed hair. He is smiling.

Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World, 2014. Photo: Courtesy of West Kowloon Cultural District

A film still of with a black border. There are ten rectangular frames altogether in the centre of the frame: four at the bottom, two stacked on top, and another four at the highest tier. Each of the frame dons a red-white-green stripped pattern.

Directed by Cheung Kit Yin, Ziki. A Good Trip One Night Along Nathan Road, 2018. Photo: Courtesy of My Little Airport & Ziki Cheung

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