Ashes of Time

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Ashes of Time is a visually poetic 1994 wuxia film by Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai that reimagines characters from Jin Yong’s novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in a fragmented, introspective style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hong Kong film
film
wuxia film
basedOn Ashes of Time NERFINISHED
The Legend of the Condor Heroes NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor Jin Yong NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Christopher Doyle NERFINISHED
Lai Yiu-fai NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Hong Kong NERFINISHED
director Wong Kar-wai NERFINISHED
Wong Kar-wai NERFINISHED
distributor Golden Harvest NERFINISHED
editingBy Kai Kit-wai NERFINISHED
Patrick Tam NERFINISHED
featuresCharacterFrom The Legend of the Condor Heroes NERFINISHED
genre art film
drama film
wuxia
hasReEditedVersion Ashes of Time Redux NERFINISHED
musicBy Frankie Chan NERFINISHED
Roel A. García NERFINISHED
narrativeStyle fragmented
nonlinear
notableFor introspective approach to wuxia genre
originalLanguage Cantonese
partOf Hong Kong New Wave cinema NERFINISHED
producer Jeffrey Lau NERFINISHED
Wong Kar-wai NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1994
2008
runtime approximately 100 minutes
screenwriter Wong Kar-wai NERFINISHED
setting Chinese desert
stars Brigitte Lin NERFINISHED
Carina Lau NERFINISHED
Jacky Cheung NERFINISHED
Leslie Cheung NERFINISHED
Maggie Cheung NERFINISHED
Tony Leung Chiu-wai NERFINISHED
Tony Leung Ka-fai NERFINISHED
theme identity
memory
regret
unrequited love
visualStyle color-saturated imagery
highly stylized cinematography

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Kar Wai Wong directed Ashes of Time
Wong Kar-wai directed Ashes of Time
Wong Kar-wai knownFor Ashes of Time
Christopher Doyle notableWork Ashes of Time
Kar Wai Wong notableWork Ashes of Time