Episode 38: Days of Being Wild (阿飛正傳), Haruki Murakami, and our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PART 1 with Hon Hoang

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In this episode, Hon Hoang returns to talk about (what else) Wong Kar Wai's Days of Being Wild and some Haruki Murakami. COULD there be a more appropriate topic for a Sean Niu-hosted podcast?

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Notes:

1. An extended introduction discussing the Electric Image Express so far (0:00)
2. Background on Days of Being Wild (7:53)
3. We discuss why this movie could only be made by a young WKW and what it says about his past (13:25)
4. Leslie Cheung's character: a romantization of the fuck boy? (16:01)
5. More of Leslie's brilliance and how only he could play this role (18:13)
6. Andy Lau: the straight and narrow foil to Leslie (19:57)
7. Why Days of Being Wild hints at a Haruki Murakami influence on WKW (24:59)
8. Our one sentence description of the movie (29:45)

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