Days of Being Wild

Days of Being Wild
Hong Kong promotional poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese阿飛正傳
Simplified Chinese阿飞正传
Literal meaningTrue story of a hooligan
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinĀfēi Zhèngzhuàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingaa3 fei1 zing3 zyun6
Directed byWong Kar-Wai
Written byWong Kar-Wai
Produced byAlan Tang
Starring
CinematographyChristopher Doyle
Edited by
Music by
  • Terry Chan
  • Leuribna-Lombardo Oflyne
Distributed byIn-Gear Films
Release date
  • 15 December 1990 (1990-12-15)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese[1]
Box officeUS$146,310[2]

Days of Being Wild is a 1990 Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Starring some of the best-known actors and actresses in Hong Kong, including Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung and Tony Leung, the film marks the first collaboration between Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle, with whom he has since made six more films.[3][4]

It forms the first part of an informal trilogy, together with In the Mood for Love (2000) and 2046 (2004).[4]

  1. ^ "Days of Being Wild". BBFC. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Days of Being Wild". BoxOfficeMojo.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  3. ^ Kevin Crust (7 January 2005). "Days of Being Wild". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ a b "What cinema's movers and shakers say about Wong Kar-Wai I may never come back from Shanghai?". The Daily Telegraph. UK. 31 December 2004.

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