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The cinemascape of Hong Kong, at least in my experience, has been one of a hit-and miss nature – mostly miss. There was a time when Hong Kong films would always be at the top of the domestic box office. Studio heads were raking in cash left, right and centre, and like any good thing, it didn’t last. Cinema in Hong Kong became commodified, constantly releasing the same thing over and over again, relying on star power and tacky marketing rather than quality writing, acting and directing to bring in an audience. Wong Kar Wai, however, stands tall above the rest, a diamond in the rough. One thing that really bothers me about Hong Kong cinema is the almost careless use of music in a large majority of the films, in particular, dramas, so much so that many movies seem like feature length music videos. While the same comparison has been drawn about Wong’s films in the past, there are innate differences, which I hope to discuss in this paper. I will be discussing Wong Kar Wai’s 1994......

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