We have the soundtrack to the beautiful 2000 film, In the Mood for Love, by Wong Kar-wai on repeat on our iPod so were pleased to find that some good soul has made a compilation video on YouTube which has some of the best tracks as well as the beautiful people, beautiful frocks and beautiful cinematography. Did we mention it was beautiful?
It stars Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung and some divine 60s frocks and suits as well as delicious hair and makeup, and the haunting score, of course.
Our favourite track, "Yumeji's Theme", is about 3 minutes into the longer clip, but all of it is lovely so worth playing the whole 10 minutes, or click the second video below.
Learn more about the film, the 2nd in an "informal trilogy", the first being the 1991 film Days of Being Wild (which we haven't seen so can't comment), and the 3rd being 2046 (released in 2004) which we also enjoyed.
2046 once again stars Tony Leung, but also Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Faye Wong and Takuya Kimura.
Buy the film, soundtrack or movie poster of In the Mood for Love, and film or soundtrack for 2046, or enjoy some more of the images, for both below. You will be desperate to tease your hair into a bouffant, buy a cheongsam and wander the streets of Shanghai looking melancholy.
In the Mood for Love
2046
