Christopher doyle and pungleung kwan, designed the lighting schemes for 2046. Bbc cutlure show w christopher doyle sean marc lee. Neon noir or reflecting cultural commentary or neon space in film. Even her bedroom is a bunk bed with a curtain for a. Films which make significant use of neon lightscolour schemes. Christopher doyle, originally from australia but wholeheartedly belonging to his adoptive asian culture of hong kong and taiwan, is one of the greatest living cinematographers working today. Surviving in a neon world tony leung chungking express karwai wong. The cover of christopher doyle s book, of the film. A video essay made for a grade in the fta 4550 cinematography class at the university of new orleans.
Last night i rewatched in the mood for love by director wong kar wai. Christopher doyle gebore 2 mei 1952 is n australiese kinematograaf, akteur, en regisseur. Breaking down his unique and magical cinematography. The method to the madness of christopher doyle s cinematography shares from his philosophy to the way he answers questions in interviews, everything that christopher doyle does is brutally honest and uncompromising, especially when it comes to cinematography. The giant yellow neon hotel sign was so beautifully designed, it featured on all the posters advertising the film.
Christopher doyle was born on may 2, 1952 in sydney, new south wales, australia. Listening to christopher doyle talk about the beauty and importance of neon lighting in film cinematography for 10 minutes. Chris is an award winner of cannes film festival and venice film festival, with a total of 42 awards and 19 nominations at film festivals around the world. He was born on the 2nd of may, 1952 in australia but has lived most of his life in asia. Chilling with flamingos, giving people little tarts to cheer them up, waterfalls, a mailbox to the future, sprinkling holy water on flowers as well as people, jazz jam sessions, ocean waves, notes scrawled on little paper umbrellas, and beer runs. Christopher doyle masterclass in cinematography youtube. Filming in the neon world video documentary short 2014 the boy and the bus short.
Master cinematographer, christopher doyle, was asked to comment on the way neon lights and lighting have impacted his work. Christopher doyle is filming in the neon world japanese tease. London united kingdon christopher doyle cinematographer. This year at the cannes film festival, christopher doyle became the most recent cinematographer to be graced with the pierre angenieux excellens in cinematography award, a prize given for a dps impact on the history of world cinema. Christopher doyle filming in the neonworld on vimeo. He has worked on over fifty chineselanguage films, being best known for his collaborations with wong karwai in chungking express, happy together, in the mood for love and. Video the making of neon signs west kowloon cultural district.
He is a cinematographer and actor, known for paranoid park 2007, ying xiong 2002 and 2046 2004. Neonnoir or reflecting cultural commentary or neon space in film. Christopher doyle, also known as du kefeng mandarin or dou hofung cantonese traditional chinese. Which brings us to away with words, a film that is unique to its moment in recent history. Larry busaccagetty images silvas not the first director to have locked horns with doyle. Born in australia, he sees himself as an asian citizen rather than a westerner. See more ideas about cinematography, film stills and cinema. Her only friend, ho zai, is too young to understand her problems. Hes also the first dp to come to mind if youre ever thinking about having a drink with. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central. Video vhils x orelha negra collaboration museum of street art. Quentin tarantino introduced me to the work of wong karwai. Chungking express wong karwai cinematography by christopher doyle, wai. With ranya lee, kinping leung, michael ning, joe odagiri.
Neon signs symbols, signs and texts articulate a livewired language of the modern city. A truly amazing piece to have his thoughts about the street scenes in 80s90s hong kong shared. Her overprotective father keeps her cooped up at home, but shes not at home in her own world. This is the littleknown directorial debut of christopher doyle, one of the most celebrated cinematographers of the 1990s and a bona fide global figure. He was born in australia, but left in his teens to spend two years on a norwegian merchant ship. I feel like a piece of neon, im just a gas inside a tube. Christopher doyle is an australian cinematographer who famously often collaborated with wong. From the bbc culture show the best of the weeks arts and culture news, covering books, art, film, architecture and more. Christopher doyle is one of the best known and most acclaimed directors of photography in world cinema. Chris has won 42 awards and 19 nominations at film festivals around the world, including the grand technical prize at the cannes film.
Christopher doyle is one of the most talented and successful cinematographers in the asian cinema industry. Explore the nations vibrant culture, beautiful colonial architecture, and pristine ecosystems providing a vivid window into the islands history and spirit. Wong karwais goto man christopher doyle recalls hong kongs golden era of cinema. Wong karwais goto man christopher doyle recalls hong.
The neon world chungking express and nathan road rita. If you can fall asleep, in a movie, it means that the. He has won awards at the cannes film festival and venice film festival, as well as afi award for cinematography, the golden horse awards four times, and hong kong film award six times. Christopher doyle is an australian, an internationally acclaimed cinematographer and have been working on films in the last four decades. The powerful story of a land preserved in time, yet poised on the cusp of change. He has worked on over fifty chineselanguage films, being best known for his collaborations with wong karwai in chungking express, happy together, in the mood for love and 2046. Hk, he revisited some of the locations in which he and karwai wong filmed some of iconic. Filming in the neon world posted by yonghow on september 2nd, 2014 in this short but illuminating documentary renowned cinematography christopher doyle chungking express, ashes of time, in the mood for love, 2046 shares with us the aesthetics and visual language of filming lighting with neon lights. Filming in a neon world west kowloon cultural district. Neonnoir or reflecting cultural commentary or neon space. Scroll through the neon timeline to know more about the development and facts of neon. He has won awards at the cannes film festival and venice film festival, as well as afi award for cinematography, the golden horse awards four times, and hong kong film. Christopher doyle is an australianhong kong cinematographer who often works on chinese language films. Christopher doyle hong kongborn australian christopher doyle is best known for his collaboration with filmmaker wong karwai and has won countless cinematography awards.