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Sam Ho

As Tears Go By
By Sam Ho | August 9, 2013

It’s the mix of formal exuberance and the tender yearning that would make Wong Kar-wai such a darling of the art film circuit. There is a glee to Wong’s exercises in style that is endearingly charming—in his first eight features at least

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