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title: "Soundtracks That Change Language"
url: https://usefulandagreeable.com/u+a_film_awards_5
description: "Like many of Wong's films, the soundtracks are eclectic and multilingual similar to the dialogue lists which flow from Cantonese to Japanese, English to Mandarin."
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# Soundtracks That Change Language

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FILM

Like many of Wong's films, the soundtracks are eclectic and multilingual similar to the dialogue lists which flow from Cantonese to Japanese, English to Mandarin, reflecting the cosmopolitanism of the cities in which they are…

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Film

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Wong Kar-wai

Wong's longtime collaborator for such films as "Chungking Express", "Happy Together", "In the Mood for Love", "2046", and "Eros" is Chris Doyle, who is the recipient of this year's u+a Lifetime Achievement Award. This world renowned cinematographer is recognized by his peers to be one of the most prolific and possessing a style most highly emulated by emerging directors of photography. Can anyone possibly capture smoke, movement and neon lights with such opiate intoxication as he does?