{"id":230,"date":"2008-07-05T21:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-06T04:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts-wp\/?p=230"},"modified":"2008-07-05T21:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-06T04:54:00","slug":"my-blueberry-nights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/2008\/07\/my-blueberry-nights\/","title":{"rendered":"My Blueberry Nights"},"content":{"rendered":"

I watched My Blueberry Nights last night finally.  It is Wong Kar-Wai’s first English language movie. The movie opened the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, but did not see a US release until April 4, 2008.  Because this is LA, and we actually get the Limited Release movies right away, I didn’t make it to see it in the theaters before it was gone.  So I had to wait until this past Tuesdays DVD release.<\/p>\n

In the tradition of many of his other films, this is a story of love.  Wong Kar-Wai describes it as “a story of a woman who takes the long route instead of the short one to meet up with the man she loves.” (from wikipedia)<\/p>\n

The movie is still shot in the way of his earlier films, despite the break from his long-time cinematographer Christopher Doyle.  Full of sensuous colors and saturated hues.<\/p>\n

The movie got very mixed reviews during its theatrical release…but I enjoyed it.  The story was a little disjointed at times (moreso than usual), but that may be more of a symptom of writing in a second language (even though he co-wrote with a native english speaker).  Norah Jones did a decent job acting, for her first time.  The story behind her casting is that Wong Kar-Wai had her specifically in mind for the role and had to convince her to do the role.<\/p>\n

Here is the UK trailer (embedding was disabled for the US version):
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I watched My Blueberry Nights last night finally.  It is Wong Kar-Wai’s first English language movie. The movie opened the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, but did not see a US release until April 4, 2008.  Because this is LA, and we actually get the Limited Release movies right away, I didn’t make it to see … <\/p>\n

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