WKW filme les tourments sentimentaux des êtres atypiques, ces âmes solitaires errants dans une Hongkong nocturne éclairée par les lumières artificielles, néon, écran, ou lampe qui participent à une mise en ambiance à la fois pop et sidérante. Grâce à la désinvolture de sa photographie, grand angle, profondeur de champ, saturation, caméra portée, accéléré et ralenti etc, WKW mélange les genres pour créer un univers propre à lui ou une stylisation jazzy libre comme la nouvelle vague. 3.5 AmazoPrime
The very first modern western movie, and the model for all of those to come. The elements of narration and filmography that it sets hold steady until now and probably for still a long time - see Tarantino's hateful eight for their confirmation. Most of the ideas on it are simple, but it takes a master to put the ingredients all in place and to cook something this delicious. Without any obvious main character, but rather a complex mix of persona, each cristallizing a class or a segment of society. This a Western movie to be sure, with all the parts that make up the mechanics, but it is above all a satire. One that is politically engaged too, especially in regards to the banker role.