Years of Being Styled: Wong Kar Wai's Many Grandmasters

The rich historical drama The Grandmaster consolidates Wong Kar Wai's status as Hong Kong cinema's pre-eminent global export. At the same time, the film and its various renditions recast his oeuvre's concerns in a new light and are illustrative of increasing transnational relationships in cinema, writes Nicholas Godfrey.

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