“どこまでいく？地の果てまで”
香港映画界の鬼才、ウォン・カーウァイ監督が男同士の切ない愛を描いた恋愛ドラマ。惹かれ合いながらも、傷つける事しかできない男と男の刹那的な愛を綴ってゆく。徹底的に突き放した視点で彼等を捉える事で、より深い感情の揺れ動きを捉える手腕は流石。またアルゼンチンの雄大な自然美や、アストル・ピアソラの切ないメロディが映画を効果的に彩る。トニー・レオン、レスリーチャン共演。南米アルゼンチンへとやってきた、ウィンとファイ。幾度となく別れを繰り返してきた2人は、ここでも些細な諍いを繰り返し別れてしまう。そして、ファイが働くタンゴ・バーで再会を果たすが...。
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製作費: $125,000 (0億円)
興行収入: $5,000,000 (8億円)
推定収支: $4,875,000 (7億円)
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監督: ウォン・カーウァイ
脚本: ウォン・カーウァイ / Manuel Puig
音楽: 鍾定一
撮影監督: Christopher Doyle
制作会社: Block 2 Pictures / Seowoo Film Company / Prénom H Co. Ltd. / Jet Tone Production
I felt the opening few scenes offered great promise, they are gritty and illustrative not just of a sexuality, but also of the physical nature of a relationship. When the two men travel to Argentina however, on an holiday, it is quickly clear to all that the relationship is on it's last legs. They separate and both find themselves leading lives that neither would have sought or really want - but yet they cannot go back; don't want to go back - even though one life takes on new positive meaning, whilst the other hits the skids. It's beautifully shot with director Wong Kar-Wai making full use of the grand scenery offered by the Argentine, but somehow I think that grandeur subsumed the story. The characters are strong, and both lead actors deliver well and consistently, but I couldn't help feeling a certain element of ennui as I watched it. It would be unfair to describe it as melodrama, but somehow the characters didn't engage me. Whilst I felt sympathy for "Po-wing" (Leslie Cheung) I found him rather irritating; his introspection grated on me after a while. "Yiu-fai' (Tony Leung) offered more by way of validation - of optimism, but again it just didn't quite get my engagement genes firing. Maybe it is because European cinema has largely long since lost the ability to truly shock, that this has much less impact than I had anticipated - but though thoroughly watchable, it still left me underwhelmed.
