Oh, Romance: Wong Kar Wai Films on the Big Screen

The Museum of Fine Arts and The Harvard Film Archive understand what you need in this season of love: showings of Wong Kar Wai’s Days Of Being Wild and In The Mood For Love on the big screen. Days Of Being Wild is showing at the MFA starting this Thursday, check the website for more details. In The Mood For Love is at the Harvard Film Archive this Tuesday, the 15, and next Tuesday.
Now Bostonist wants you to go check out this master’s work for a couple of reasons. First, both films feature cinematography by the incomparable Christopher Doyle, who also shot the dazzling color-scapes of last year’s Hero. Secondly, Days of Being Wild is virtually impossible to find on video, and it features a sexy lead performance by the iconic late Leslie Cheung. And, in a masterpiece of scheduling quite fitting for Valentine’s Day, In The Mood For Love is one of the best films about sexual tension ever, and its moodiness is rather intoxicating. Watch Maggie Cheung sashay by in her tight cheongsams! Observe the meticulous art direction, which actually plays a part in this film! Afterwards you have the options of punking around the MFA or getting hot chocolate from L.A. Burdick’s in Harvard Square. Ah, romance!