Days of Being Wild (1990) A Fei jingjyuhn (original title): Set in 1960, the film centres on the young, boyishly handsome Yuddy, who learns from the drunken ex-prostitute who raised him that she is not his real mother. (7.6)
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Stars: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung and Andy Lau
Language: Cantonese | Shanghainese | Tagalog | English | Mandarin (w/ English subtitles)
The story does not have a strong plot and it doesn't go anywhere much in that department. However, it does travel light years in the emotional side. It shows how a young man hurt by his mother takes his anger out on women who love him. In turn, the grief is shared by lots of people who directly or indirectly come in contact with him. (The version of this film I watched via Netflix streaming had a couple of problems: wide-screen transfer had been done at the wrong aspect ratio and I missed out not properly seeing the beautiful faces. The colors and sound of the film to DVD transfer were pretty awful. I think, I missed Christopher Doyle's nice camera work because of that.) Done in 1990 in Hong Kong, this is said to be an "against the tide" art-house type movie. My Rating: 7.5
