BLOGATHON: The Five Senses

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The adorable Nostra of My Filmviews has brought a new blogathon to the town—The Five Senses Blogathon—in conjunction with  MovieInsiders and Karamel Kinema.The main idea of this blogathon is to describe the film in association with the five senses of our body—the sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. For further details, you better check this post by My Filmviews.

As for me, I took this differently ’cause I found a film filmed to solely humor my senses. Even, I could narrow it down to two scenes of a movie that could best satisfy those senses. Without further ado, I present you: Wong Kar-wai’s In The Mood For Love.

 

It’s a tale of brokenhearted couple who met in a strangest moment in their life. The couple (portrayed by Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung) realized their mutual sufferings and decided to ‘be together’; but love was never been easy for them. Only Wong Kar-wai’s solid direction could emanate the misery of those melancholic souls fed by broken heart and forbidden love.

[Now, it’s a SPOILER ALERT area]

Those two scenes I mentioned earlier are: the corridor glance scene—the moment when the couple glances each other for the first time—and a deleted scene about room 2046. So, let’s begin.

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SIGHT

The whole film was filmed beautifully—the production design, the costume, the make up, the location, the cinematography—every single thing of it.

Yet, look at the couple glancing at each other. It was just a short glance; their eyes only met each other for milliseconds, but there was intensity. There’s a sense of detail on that glance. Wasn’t that the whole film in one glance?

SOUND

The Yumeji’s Theme were played along those scenes. ‘Twas a beautiful piece of music—sounded classic and jazzy at the same time, mesmerizing but melancholic at the same time. Anytime I listened to it, I couldn’t help but thinking of the pathetic couple of In The Mood For Love.

SMELL

Check the Room 2046 scene. There was a bit of a moment when the man reluctantly approached for the woman as he eager to kiss her. That very moment was a second where he could smell the woman’s thick lipstick and perfume. Yet again, that flash moment was mostly a contemplating moment when both of them finally realized that it wasn’t what they wanted. An affair for an affair wasn’t what they needed; and the smell of the lipstick would be a reminder for that man. I could feel that.

TASTE

Could you feel it like I do? The man drank a bottle of liquor in the room while the woman away. His sight was empty and I believed what he drank was tasteless—literally and figuratively.

TOUCH

There was a brief moment near the end of the Room 2046 scene, after the man asked the woman to hand him a cigarette and before they went together by a taxi. We couldn’t see anything clearly but we could hear. It was the closest scene in this film addressing to sexual affection (as I refer it to ‘touch’ sense).

Yet, the best moment was yet to come until they were on a taxi, where they held each other’s hands and leaned at each other—skin to skin.

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There you have it; my five sense with movie associations in only one film. Kudos to Wong Kar-wai.

14 responses to “BLOGATHON: The Five Senses”

  1. Wendell Avatar
    Wendell

    Very unique take. I really enjoyed reading this even though I have yet to see this movie. Great post.

    1. Paskalis Damar AK Avatar
      Paskalis Damar AK

      Thanks, Wendell! I think you need to see the movie, cause I don’t know but it’s a beauty

  2. Myriam Petrini Avatar
    Myriam Petrini

    Great entry! I saw all the five senses in these scenes! https://cinemaliquido.wordpress.com/

    1. Paskalis Damar AK Avatar
      Paskalis Damar AK

      Thanks for stopping by, Myriam!

  3. Brittani Avatar
    Brittani

    I love how you structured this entry to the blogathon. Great post!

    1. Paskalis Damar AK Avatar
      Paskalis Damar AK

      Thanks, Brittani!

  4. keziarhh Avatar
    keziarhh

    Your structure is unique. I saw a cut from In The Mood For Love and actually…they had sex (literally) in 2046 room.

    Anyway, I can see that you are very fond of this film. I think this film is great, but I like WKW’s Happy Together better.

    1. Paskalis Damar AK Avatar
      Paskalis Damar AK

      Yes. They finally did it although they’re reluctant in the beginning. Happy Together is in my blindspot list, gotta check it soon!

      1. keziarhh Avatar
        keziarhh

        YES! You should see Happy Together soon! The angst level is compareable with In the mood.

        1. Paskalis Damar AK Avatar
          Paskalis Damar AK

          Will do, ma’am!

  5. Nostra Avatar
    Nostra

    It’s been a while since I’ve seen this movie, but I love the way you approached this one, very original. Thanks for joining the blogathon!

    1. Paskalis Damar AK Avatar
      Paskalis Damar AK

      Thanks for hosting such an interesting blogathon! The movie was well-designed to, especially, satisfy the senses.

  6. Myriam Petrini Avatar
    Myriam Petrini

    You have a nomination for the Liebster Award on my blog 🙂 see more on https://cinemaliquido.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/my-first-liebster-award/

    1. Paskalis Damar AK Avatar
      Paskalis Damar AK

      Thank you so much for the nomination, Myriam!
      Cheers!

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