Mrs Chan and Mr Chow

It was worth leaving work early for Wong Kar-Wai's In the Mood for Love at the NFT this evening. Mrs Chan and Mr Chow are neighbours whose spouses are always absent (and absently together, it turns out) and whose mutual sadness and loneliness draws them inexorably together.

Kar-Wai has produced a hypnotic, haunting romance that is languidly sexy despite never even showing the two lovers kiss. A film of tension and nuance, yearning and despair - the only resolution is more of the same.

Utterly seductive.

But now I'm in mourning, because the NFT's Kar-Wai season is over. What to do?

Related links:
+ "It is uplifting to witness a story which unfolds in peace and quiet." BBC's review of In the Mood for Love.
+ More reviews (Rotten Tomatoes)

Other links today:
+ Google Desktop Search a security threat?
+ In Oregon, voting is only done by mail. So why don't we do this - so much more convenient.
+ Bush's bulge. Why can't anyone see it's a bullet-proof vest, for goodness sake.
+ First JibJab, now FlowGo: more animated political Bush-Kerry satire to the tune of Bohemian Rhapsody. Via Presurfer.