In a Wong Kar Wai film, time tends to drift. Lovers pass like shadows. Cigarette smoke curls into the night and neon spills across empty streets. The air hums with the ache of words left unsaid, of glances that never meet. For over thirty years, his masterpieces have lingered in audiences’ hearts like an unspoken confession. Now, Bangkok Kunsthalle art gallery invites you to lose yourself in the longing of his world as they bring his classics back to the big screen.
Every Saturday night at 7pm this August and September, the former printing house will transform into a world suspended in time, screening four of Wong’s flicks. If you don’t already know, Bangkok Kunsthalle sits quietly in Yaowarat’s neighborhood, the very streets where In the Mood for Love whispered its secrets.
Here’s what’s playing in this series:
- In the Mood for Love (2000) - August 16
A slow-burning tale of forbidden desire and unspoken emotions, where two souls meet in the shadow of loneliness.
- Happy Together (1997) - August 23
Set in the neon-lit streets of Buenos Aires, this is a raw, passionate story of a turbulent gay relationship – a tale of love, heartbreak and the fragile hope of new beginnings.
- Chungking Express (1994) - August 30
Two separate tales of chance encounters and urban loneliness unfold in the bustling heart of Hong Kong.
- Fallen Angels (1995) - September 6
A nocturnal journey through the lives of lost souls wandering the city’s underbelly – hitmen, dreamers and the strangely poetic strangers who inhabit the neon shadows.
The screenings are free. No need to register – just arrive and drift into the night, where time slows and even a can of expired pineapple holds the fragile weight of hope.