''Hua Yang De Nian Hua'' is a 2001
short film by
Hong Kong director
Wong Kar-wai that was shown at the 2001
Berlin International Film Festival.
It consists of a 2-minute-28-second montage of scenes from vintage Chinese films, most of which were considered lost until some nitrate prints were discovered in a
California warehouse during the 1990s, set to a song from the soundtrack of Wong's ''
In the Mood for Love
''In the Mood for Love'' is a 2000 romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Wong Kar-wai. A co-production between Hong Kong and France, it portrays a man ( Tony Leung) and a woman (Maggie Cheung) whose spouses have an affair toget ...
'' (2000), a golden oldie by
Zhou Xuan
Zhou Xuan (; born Su Pu (); August 1, 1920 – September 22, 1957), also romanized as Chow Hsuan, was an iconic Chinese singer and film actress. By the 1940s, she had become one of China's Seven Great Singing Stars. She was the best known o ...
; this song gives the film its title. It is available on the
Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films." Criterion serves film and media scholars, cinep ...
DVD release of ''In the Mood for Love'' as an extra, as well as various bootlegged
VCD releases of Wong's features.
External links
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Review of the Criterion Collection DVD of ''In the Mood for Love'' with screenshot of ''Hua Yang De Nian Hua''
2001 films
2001 short films
Short films directed by Wong Kar-wai
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