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Article: ... Simply because you're near me: Love, Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love.(Critical Essay)
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- CineAction
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- June 22, 2003
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It is a restless moment. She has kept her head lowered to
give him a chance to come closer. But he could not, for
lack of courage.
She turns and walks away.
--Opening of In the Mood For Love
And all the while it rains.
On too many days it seems as though life is comprised of picking up the pieces of things gone wrong and trying to move ahead, continuing on with hope ... I had no idea that the hopes and aspirations of people could shatter into so many pieces, all of them sharp and dangerous to handle once broken. That this whole process may never end only makes each piece that much more lacerating. All around our own bodies exists a time and place wherein ...