In the Mood for Love and Roman Holiday

Wong Kar Wai and William Wyler

I have always loved the ending of In the Mood for Love set to Michael Galasso’s “Angkor Wat Theme”.  It reminds me of the ending of Roman Holiday.  Tony Leung Chiu-Wai as Gregory Peck and Maggie Cheung as Audrey Hepburn, the unseen objects of their love.

Unrequited love framed by rigid architecture.

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE

ROMAN HOLIDAY

Warhol, The 99 cents Store, Art, Film and Fashion

Andy Warhol

Andreas Gursky

Miles Aldridge – Japanese Vogue

Steven Meisel – Fashion Story

Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees

MP3: Fake Plastic Trees

PUNCH DRUNK LOVE

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Brando’s influence on Deniro

Reflections in a Golden Eye vs. Taxi Driver

Everything has been done before and as an artist you are the sum of everything that has come before you. Scorsese was influenced by Brando’s performance in Reflections in a Golden Eye and created one of the most iconic moments in film history.

Robert Deniro in Taxi Driver (1976)

Marlon Brando in Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)

In the Turner Classic Movies documentary on Marlon Brando, director Martin Scorsese says that the scene in which Brando stands in front of the mirror talking to himself as he inspects his dress uniform inspired the infamous “Are you talkin’ to me?” moment with Robert De Niro for Taxi Driver (1976).