A Constant Visual Feast

“Imagining Wong Kar-wai as anything other than a master filmmaker and top contender for “coolest cat on the planet” takes brain-straining effort, unless the name “Patrick Tam” rings a bell. Even then, knowledge of both Tam’s work and the effect he’s had on Wong’s career certainly doesn’t imply that Wong was a laughable, awkward dork, once upon a time. It only tells us that his persona-defining hip sophistication required molding, and that Tam, while comparatively less renowned than Wong, gets to claim chief credit for the feat.” (Full feature at JoySauce.)