AFI Silver Theatre salutes ‘The World of Wong Kar-Wai’

“As Tears Go By” (1988)

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

“Days of Being Wild” (1990)

A man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth.

“Chungking Express” (1994)

Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure; the other, with an ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

“Ashes of Time” (1994)

A broken-hearted hitman moves to the desert, where he finds skilled swordsmen to carry out his contract killings.

“Fallen Angels” (1995)

This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman hoping to get out of the business and his elusive female partner.

“Happy Together” (1997)

A couple take a trip to Argentina, but both men find their lives drifting in opposite directions.

“In the Mood for Love” (2000)

Two neighbors, a woman and a man, form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities by their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.

“The Hand” (2004)

A 1960s high-end call girl is visited by a shy dressmaker’s assistant in this extended cut directed by Wong Kar-wai as part of the “Eros” trio of short films alongside Steven Soderbergh and Michelangelo Antonioni.

“2046” (2004)

Several women enter a sci-fi author’s life over the course of a few years, after the author has lost the woman he considers his one true love.