âWith the consummate skill of a discerning expert listener, Giorgio Biancorosso unpacks Wong Kar-waiâs mercurial feats of borrowing from an extensive sonic archive East and West, feats that enable startlingly fresh fictional worlds to emerge in Wong's films. This admirably fine-grained book brings to the study of world cinema and Hong Kong culture a whole new threshold of aesthetic finesse and conceptual sophistication. A game-changing achievement.â - Rey Chow, author of (Entanglements, or Transmedial Thinking about Capture) â<i>Remixing Wong Kar-wai</i> makes a major contribution to the fields of film studies, musicology, and related areas. Giorgio Biancorossoâs arguments are wholly original, compelling, and provocative while his textual analyses of key films and music are exceptionally illuminating. His book teems with important arguments and fascinating ideas. Focusing centrally on Wong Kar-waiâs deployment of preexisting music, Biancorosso advances original and fertile notions such as the director-as-recomposer. An important and timely book.â - Gary Bettinson, author of (The Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-wai: Film Poetics and the Aesthetic of Disturbance)
Introduction. Musical Borrowing Redux 1
1. Splicing 28
2. Poaching 63
3. Owning 87
4. Redressing 117
5. Oblivion 158
Notes 187
Bibliography 209
Index 221