[Just some thoughts] On Wong Kar-wai's films

All of the sudden, I've just realized enlightenedly that why Wong Kar-wai's films absorb me so much. His films are not about love or affectionate sentiments, as many people regard them. For me, they're about the inevitable fate of human souls, that is, loneliness, the sheer one. And what else is this condition put on better than the representation of romantic love between people, between a guy and lady or a guy and a guy?! A stirring loneliness masquerading as love.

That feeling flashed through my mind as I was reading an analytic piece on a film by Wong, in which the author invokes a few key scenes in Chungking Express, one of them as shown below:

Tony Leung: You like noisy music?
Faye Wong: Yes, the louder the better. Then I don't have to think.

Quite a few times, I often turn on rock music and tune the volume to the almost ear-splitting level, just to immerse in it, and ultimately, just to keep me from thinking so much.

It's as if Mr. Wong's films are peering into my innermost realm, that is, my mind.