"My ideas about writing changed as soon as I started directing. As a writer, I wanted my scripts to be perfect and fully formed. As a director, I know there are always factors beyond my control. Many things in any film cannot be planned concretely in advance. The best you can do is visualise what you want, and then respond to whatâs there once you go on set. Nowadays I start from a fairly loose script and tend to write the dialogue on the day of shooting."
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"Poet of time: Wong Kar-Wai on Chungking Express" in BFI (21 May 2020)
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