Fans know that Wong Kar-wai is a unique flag in Chinese movies. He himself was in public, carrying sunglasses that could never be taken off.
No matter what he said, he had a calm face and answered witty and humorously. No gossip, no hype, maverick, let people love to the bone, but can not express the like.
The title is taken from Greek mythology and is a symbol of all "love" and "lust". The film is directed by three great directors who interpret the proposition of "love" in different ways.
In addition to Steven Soderbergh and Michelangelo Antonioni, there is also wong Kar-wai's short film Hand, starring Gong Li and Zhang Zhen.
Hong Kong in the 1960s. On a scorching afternoon, Xiao Zhang, a small tailor who had just left the school, came to a high-end foreigner's apartment.
According to the instructions of the master, he came to visit the big customer of the store, and the social flower that was red and purple at that time, Miss Hua.
When Xiao Zhang was waiting in the living room wearing a white shirt, the sound of male and female love came from the bedroom. He listened in his ears, tickled in his heart, embarrassed and curious.
After a while, the man in the room left when he was done. Led by the maid, Xiao Zhang came to the bedroom to see Miss Hua, who was charming and charming, and her breasts were half exposed.
At this time, the air was filled with the smell of desire.
Xiao Zhang leaned over his body, desperately covering it with a brown paper bag. It turned out that his crotch was indisputably holding up a small umbrella.
Miss Hua, who has experienced too much, can see through this hairy boy at a glance.
She ordered Xiao Zhang to stand up and put down the paper bag in her hand. And Xiao Zhang was too frightened to come out, so he had to obediently do so.
Miss Hua was a little angry. How can a man who has never even touched a woman make the clothes he wants?
So her hand wandered away from Xiao Zhang's sensitive area. She asked the other party to remember this feeling and make the most beautiful cheongsam for herself in the future.
Soon, the special experience class was completed. Xiao Zhang glanced at Miss Hua, put on his pants and fled in a hurry.
For a moment, feelings of shame, infatuation, excitement, and so on, rushed to his heart at the same time.
Because of the disparity in status, Xiao Zhang can only bury this feeling in his heart. In the following days, he personally made one body-fitting cheongsam after another for his sweetheart, and every stitch was full of love.
Since then, Miss Hua has become Xiao Zhang's acquaintance. The clothes she wants to make are Xiao Zhang's top priority. On this day, the master and Miss Hua called and learned that she was about to marry the big boss.
But things didn't go so well either. There is a burden that Miss Hua needs to deal with. The man in the room last time was the little white face she had raised. The other party can bring a moment of pleasure, but they can't afford a shiny diamond ring.
And the big boss is also a smart man, he knows that Miss Hua's money is transferred to another man's hands. Miss Hua laughed and scolded angrily, and the organs were exhausted, insisting that the man was her cousin. Finally, with her beauty and stature, she finally coaxed the big boss into going.
At this time, Xiao Zhang was already a mature tailor. Faded green, he wears a suit and combs his big back.
He smoked a cigarette and waited in his old position. Miss Hua confessed in the room that she wanted him to seriously deal with the French clothing bought by the big boss.
After speaking, Miss Hua flirted with the other party on the phone again. Just before leaving, the maid handed over the rice dumplings that Miss Hua had wrapped by hand. Xiao Zhang understands very well that Miss Hua is a person with feelings.
More than half a year passed, and Xiao Zhang came to get the cloth again. And this time, Miss Hua and the big boss were arguing. Listen carefully, it seems that the big boss wants to get rid of Miss Hua.
So Miss Hua threw her anger on Xiao Zhang and blamed his clothes for not doing well enough. But what can't keep a man is herself, and what does it have to do with clothes?
Not long after, Miss Hua was properly abandoned by the big boss. Losing the golden key, she had to return to the dance hall to work. On this day, she still found Xiao Zhang to make clothes.
Miss Hua called the old customers and invited them to come to the scene, with a pleading and uncertain tone. Xiao Zhang was busy measuring the size, pretending not to hear anything.
Later, he went to measure Miss Hua's waistline and found that it had risen from 23 to 25. Xiao Zhang wanted to hide it, but Miss Hua knew it in her heart. Stubborn, she did not want to admit the change in figure.
During this period, Miss Hua's livelihood deteriorated and she owed a lot of foreign debts. The master complained that he had not received money for half a year, so he asked Xiao Zhang to collect the account.
At this time, the little white face insulted Miss Hua in the room. Now that he can't smell the money, the soft rice man immediately turned his face and didn't recognize anyone.
Years are mercilessly old. Miss Hua's customers are getting fewer and fewer. Unable to pay the bills, she had to take out the best clothes and sell them. Xiao Zhang couldn't bear to take it. Because clothes are a tool for Miss Hua to make a living.
After a few years, Miss Hua moved to a dirty cheap hotel. She lay coughing on the damp bed, never to see the same style as before.
Miss Hua called Xiao Zhang again and asked the other party to help make clothes. As soon as they met, the two greeted each other like old friends.
After years of not seeing, Xiao Zhang became more and more mature and stable, while Miss Hua fell into the wind and dust and became increasingly haggard.
Miss Hua's old friend came back from the United States, and she wanted to make a beautiful dress and seize her last chance.
Xiao Zhang measured the size with his hand and found that Miss Hua had lost a lot of weight. Miss Hua leaned on Xiao Zhang's chest and couldn't help but shed tears, and the two embraced each other desperately.
When Xiao Zhang came to deliver clothes, he only heard the man's panting sound coming from the room.
Today, Miss Hua is reduced to a lady who solicits customers on the side of the road. As long as money is given, any request can be met. The little broken bed made a creaking sound, and Xiao Zhang turned to leave.
Back in the shop, he took out the clothes he had ordered for Miss Hua. It was re-sewn from a woman's old clothes.
He slid his hand into the fork of the cheongsam, sniffing the familiar smell of the past, imagining himself tangling with Miss Hua.
However, fate tricked people, and Miss Hua's plan failed. She was terminally ill, and her old friend who had returned from the United States was gone again. Today, only Xiao Zhang accompanies her.
The two recalled the first time they met. Miss Hua could not repay Xiao Zhang's friendship for many years, and wanted to "close contact" again. So she repeated their first with her hand.
At that time, the air was filled with the smell of lust, but now there is only repressed sadness and painful despair.
When Miss Hua realized that Xiao Zhang was her true love, her seriously ill body was powerless.
Later, the woman died in the hotel, ending a life of ups and downs.
The screen freezes on a small tearful face until the end of the short film.
Miss Hua's slender jade hands, Xiao Zhang's measured hands. Two hands run through the whole story, which is the focus of Wong Kar-wai's presentation - to express the "sense of touch" with the hand.
Either sexually merciless, or sentient and asexual, there is always no twofold between love and desire.
A man with an extreme understanding of love can shoot that emotion that cannot be easily expressed.
This is a generation of famous directors - Wong Kar Wai.