Nighthawks at the Diner: Wong Kar-Wai’s My Blueberry Nights
Nighthawks at the Diner: Wong Kar-Wai’s My Blueberry Nights
Author(s): Asbjørn GrønstadSubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: Wong Kar-wai; cinema and landcape; art cinema; intertextuality; diner; road movie; cinekphrasis
Summary/Abstract: This essay introduces the concept of cinekphrasis to describe an intertextual mobilization by which static, singular images are conceptually re-animated as moving images. Drawing upon Wong Kar-wai’s 2007 film My Blueberry Nights as a prime example, the essay considers the importance of symbolic landscapes in conveying distinct cultural sensibilities. This transtextual reading of My Blueberry Nights identifies several tropes and themes that recur throughout the director’s work, while at the same time also situating the film within the context of the Euro-American road movie.
Journal: American, British and Canadian Studies
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 106-112
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
