1996 quotes by chinese authors for you to enjoy

I sometimes compare making a film to cooking. Some dishes need to be stewed, while others need to be fried. Wong Kar-wai

Cooking Sometimes Others Some Making Fried Dishes While Compare Film Need

This is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema - Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It was for propaganda. But Hong Kong made films to entertain, and they know how to communicate with international audiences. Wong Kar-wai

Communicate Cinema Made Own Films Hong Kong Entertain Propaganda Between Know Kong How Audiences Difference Chinese Communities International

The laboratory where we stored all our negatives went bankrupt overnight following the Asian economic crisis in 1997. So, on short notice, we had to retrieve all the materials in the middle of the night before the debtor-receiver took over the laboratory the next morning. Wong Kar-wai

Economic Crisis Morning Before Took Negatives Our Crisis Following Economic Had Over Retrieve Overnight Materials Laboratory Short Middle Where Bankrupt Stored Asian Next Notice Next Morning Night

I don't do rehearsal. Some directors prefer to do rehearsal - readings before the actual shooting - but I don't like this process because I think there are certain things that are so spontaneous, and they cannot happen twice. Wong Kar-wai

Before Think Some Directors Like Spontaneous Because Readings Shooting Happen Cannot Process Prefer Certain Certain Things Rehearsal Twice Actual Things

To make a film like 'The Grandmaster,' I know I'm not going to make just a standard kung-fu film; it's not going to be just tricks or like wire works. So I spent seven years on the road interviewing different schools and a lot of real grandmasters from Chinese martial arts. Wong Kar-wai

Interviewing Seven Spent Tricks Martial Martial Arts Wire Road Like Know Schools Make Real Years Lot Going Just Arts Different Chinese Standard Different Schools Works Film

I've always wanted to make a film about the Tong Wars, the rioting and the crime factions in San Francisco's Chinatown in the early part of the last century. Wong Kar-wai

Crime Francisco Rioting About Factions Part Make Always Wanted San Chinatown Century Wars Film Early Last Last Century

After the Revolution in '49, all the films were propaganda. They serviced the government and carried the message that the government wants to relay to the people. But I think, in the last 10 years, because the film market is opening and there's an expansion of all the cinemas in China, it's now a lot like Hollywood productions. Wong Kar-wai

Government People Revolution Think Films Cinemas Market Relay Carried Propaganda Opening Like Message Because Were Years Lot Expansion After Wants China Hollywood Productions Film Now Last

The industry and support in China has really matured because there are so many productions there. At the same time, there's been a lot of changes in the market, which I think also has enabled productions like 'The Grandmaster' to happen and to be possible to shoot in China. Wong Kar-wai

Because we don't have a lot of light, because we have a very low budget, we have to adjust the speed of our camera to get the effect that we want. So sometimes this is the way we work, and the result of the filming becomes a kind of a style. Wong Kar-wai

I am just the band leader, and I just keep everything in tune. Wong Kar-wai

Leader Band Everything Am Just Tune Keep

In our case, we have no script. So the only people we can work with are people who have been working with us in the past, and they know we are going to do something; it's kind of a trust. Wong Kar-wai

Work Trust People Past Our Kind Case Something Only Know Been Going In The Past Script Us Working Who

When I look at 'Fallen Angels,' I realize it is not a film that is truly about Hong Kong. It's more like my Hong Kong fantasy. I want Hong Kong to be quiet, with less people. Wong Kar-wai

People Hong Kong About Angels More Like Look Kong Fallen Truly Quiet Want Fantasy Realize Less Film

We will not reform the yuan until the time is right even if there is external pressure. Wu Yi

Time Will Pressure Until Reform Yuan Even Right External

We are now preparing for the reform of the yuan's exchange rate system. For such reforms to take place, we need good economic conditions... and we need to do it under tight control. Wu Yi

Good Control System Rate Economic Take Exchange Exchange Rate Tight Conditions Reform Reforms Place Yuan Preparing Now Need

I think nowadays, women are breaking the borders or the boundaries and also trying to give a new interpretation in terms of impact you can have to the society. Yang Lan

You Women Nowadays Interpretation Think Society Borders Impact Give Boundaries New Terms Also Women Are Trying Breaking

Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance. Yao Ming

Everybody Our Distance Slowly Seemingly Am Improving Which

When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now. Yao Ming

Rest Young Out Were Dunk Taught Different Stand Team Now

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