Title
Time without end: exploring the temporal experience of wong kar-wai's 2046 through Walter Benjamin
Document Type
Book Chapter
Abstract
In this article, I present an analysis of Wong Kar-Wai's films focusing on his 2004 work, 2046. I do so through the works of Walter Benjamin, particularly his works on German mourning plays.! I argue that Wong Kar-Wai's films can be explored through Benjamin's analysis of the Trauerspiel and suggest that Wong's tales of missed opportunities, repetition, regrets, lamentations, and mis-recognition extend the modern form of mourning plays. I contend that rather than merely being an affirmation of melancholia, Wong's 2046 takes an extra step beyond mourning to glimpse at the present from both within and without time.
RIS ID
25409
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