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East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since the end of the Korean War in a way that seems unimaginable when you think of the history of the first half of the century.
William C. Kirby
War
History
You
First
Half
Think
Way
East
East Asia
Seems
Since
Korean
Korean War
End
Northeast
The History Of
Asia
Century
Unimaginable
Vietnam
Vietnam War
So, anything that avoids a conflict that could draw in, unhappily again, outside powers such as the United States or revisit, for example, Japan's interests in the Taiwan area would be the last thing that anyone would want.
William C. Kirby
Conflict
Example
States
Draw
Would
Would-Be
Area
Could
Taiwan
Outside
For Example
Powers
Revisit
Want
Anyone
Anything
Again
Japan
Interests
United
United States
Thing
Last
The PRC is the big brother in this relationship, and it has the capacity to be generous to Taiwan on this issue in a manner that might do much to defuse that issue internally in Taiwan.
William C. Kirby
Relationship
Big
Brother
Taiwan
Generous
Big Brother
Issue
Might
Capacity
Manner
Much
The reform of state industry, and most directly related to that, the banking sector, is enormously daunting.
William C. Kirby
Related
State
Sector
Directly
Daunting
Most
Industry
Reform
Banking
So, I think China desperately needs to legitimize some form of opposition.
William C. Kirby
Needs
Think
Desperately
Some
Opposition
Form
China
Harvard is first and foremost a university and not a consulting operation, and our job here is to teach and to research and to create knowledge on Asia in conjunction and in cooperation with scholars as well as with political, intellectual, and cultural leaders in Asia.
William C. Kirby
Knowledge
Political
Job
First
Research
Our
Harvard
Consulting
Scholars
Leaders
Well
Operation
Cultural
Foremost
Intellectual
Asia
Create
Teach
Conjunction
Cooperation
Here
University
Another goal is to look to the resources we have and to see how we could do better to plan, in a sense, for the faculty and infrastructure that we will need to study Asia well into the 21st century.
William C. Kirby
Better
Will
Sense
Resources
See
Could
Faculty
Study
Look
Well
Another
How
Goal
Infrastructure
Asia
Century
Plan
Need
And look at the mess that Russia is; most Chinese don't want to follow that.
William C. Kirby
Follow
Russia
Look
Most
Mess
Want
Chinese
Sometimes, we have to turn our camera to a mirror to shoot something, and people think, 'Oh, that's very stylish.' Yes it is, but at the same time, we did it because we are shooting in a very small space, and that was our only option.
Wong Kar-wai
Time
People
Sometimes
Space
Mirror
Think
Our
Something
Only
Small
Because
Stylish
Camera
Yes
Very
Option
Shoot
Did
Shooting
Same
Oh
Same Time
Turn
I don't want to be a grumpy old man or too pessimistic, because if I have a chance, I would prefer to watch a film in the cinema with an audience on a big screen instead of watching it on a cell phone. It's a very different experience, but somehow I think this form will have its own future and life.
Wong Kar-wai
Life
Future
Man
Cell Phone
Experience
Cinema
Phone
Old
Will
Big
Own
Think
Too
Would
Somehow
Instead
Because
Audience
Very
Cell
Big Screen
Screen
Different
Want
Form
Prefer
Old Man
Pessimistic
Film
Watch
Grumpy
Watching
Chance
What's so great about inspiration is sometimes it finds you when you're not looking.
Wong Kar-wai
Great
You
Sometimes
Looking
Finds
About
Inspiration
I think of action as a dance. It's a riddle; it should have emotion in it.
Wong Kar-wai
Dance
Action
Think
Emotion
Should
Riddle
In most kung fu films, they want to create a hero who's always fighting a bad guy. In the story of Ip Man, he's not fighting physical opponents. He's fighting the ups and downs of his life.
Wong Kar-wai
Life
Man
Ups And Downs
Hero
Fighting
Films
Bad
Physical
Bad Guy
Guy
He
Most
Always
Opponents
IP
Kung
His
Kung Fu
Ups
Want
Story
Create
Downs
The Chinese government promised Hong Kong '50 years, and change.' And 50 years later, after 1997, will be 2046; I think, 'Well, that's a very interesting promise.' So I want to make a film about promise.
Wong Kar-wai
Government
Change
Will
Think
Hong Kong
Later
Promise
Promised
About
Well
Make
Kong
Years
Very
Want
After
Chinese
Interesting
Chinese Government
Film
I think one day I can make a book about coffee shops in Hong Kong. I spent almost most of my time in coffee shops, in different coffee shops.
Wong Kar-wai
Time
Day
Book
Coffee
Think
Hong Kong
Spent
One Day
About
My Time
Almost
Most
Make
Kong
Shops
Different
Coffee Shops
I'm not very aware of styles. We never talk about styles before we start shooting, or even during shooting, because I think the film will bring you there.
Wong Kar-wai
You
Will
Before
Think
About
Never
Talk
Because
Styles
Very
Shooting
Even
Film
Aware
Start
Bring
Heritage is something martial-arts films don't often talk about.
Wong Kar-wai
Heritage
Films
About
Something
Talk
Often
I started out my career as a screenwriter and quickly discovered that adhering to a script isn't always the best way to make a film. You have to take into consideration the nuances of the characters and what the actors bring to their roles.
Wong Kar-wai
Best
You
Consideration
Way
Adhering
Out
Characters
Best Way
Take
Make
Always
Discovered
Quickly
Roles
Screenwriter
Script
Film
Actor
Nuances
Bring
Started
Career
I was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong the year I was five.
Wong Kar-wai
Year
Hong Kong
Born
Shanghai
Kong
Five
Moved
My films are never about what Hong Kong is like, or anything approaching a realistic portrait, but what I think about Hong Kong and what I want it to be.
Wong Kar-wai
Approaching
Realistic
Think
Films
Hong Kong
About
Never
Like
Kong
Want
Anything
Portrait
I came to Hong Kong when I was five, but we didn't have any relatives in Hong Kong. My mom is a big movie fan, and she watched all kinds of movies, so when I was a kid, basically, we went to watch a movie every day.
Wong Kar-wai
Day
Mom
Every Day
Relatives
Big
Every
Hong Kong
Kid
Kinds
She
Kong
Came
Five
Big Movie
Any
Movie
Fan
Movies
Watch
Watched
Basically
I didn't know anything about martial arts. I'm a big fan, but I never practiced martial arts.
Wong Kar-wai
Big
Martial
Martial Arts
About
Never
Know
Practiced
Big Fan
Arts
Fan
Anything
I'm a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs.
Wong Kar-wai
Big
Films
Programs
Martial
Martial Arts
Big Fan
Arts
Fan
Radio
Novels
1936 is a very important year: a golden time for martial arts, right before the Japanese invasion.
Wong Kar-wai
Time
Important
Year
Before
Martial
Martial Arts
Invasion
Very
Arts
Golden
Japanese
Right
I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform. But if you dress up in a police officer's uniform, it doesn't mean that you are an officer; it can mean something else.
Wong Kar-wai
You
Yourself
Problem
Police
Else
Dress
Dress-Up
Something
Something Else
Never
Had
Put
Like
Genre
Because
Up
Officer
Mean
Uniform
Certain
Actually
During shooting, you have the idea, like, of this certain dress on this actress, but it's not to fit, so you have to make all of these alterations and modifications. So in a way, I build the characters with the cast, and it's sort of custom-made, the whole process, and then you have to make all of these adjustments.
Wong Kar-wai
You
Build
Way
Characters
Adjustment
Dress
Cast
Idea
Like
Alteration
Make
Sort
Fit
Shooting
Process
Then
Certain
Whole
Actress
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