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“In the Mood for Love”’s New 4K Restoration is More Tragic as It Replaces Romance with Ambivalence
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“In the Mood for Love”’s New 4K Restoration is More Tragic as It Replaces Romance with Ambivalence

Wong Kar-Wai’s new 4K restoration of “In the Mood for Love” mutes its ravishing reds and replaces it with a tint of ambivalent green. This shifts the mood from romance to ambivalence, with more of a focus on each character’s individual processing of trauma and less on their warm connection with one another. It also further amplifies its sense of tragedy.

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