In the Mood for Love (2000): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• Several years later Doyle initially signed on to work on the sequel 2046, but he also abandoned that project halfway through for similar reasons (being replaced by a range of DPs) and has not worked with Wong since.
• Further, a brief portion later in the film is set in Singapore (one of Wong's initial inspirations on the story had been a short story set in Hong Kong, Intersection, by the Hong Kong writer Liu Yichang).
• The cinematographer Christopher Doyle, for whom the film was the sixth collaboration with Wong Kar-wai, had to leave when production went over schedule and was replaced by Mark Lee Ping Bin, renowned for his work with Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien.
• In 2020, a 4K restoration from the original film negatives was performed by the Criterion Collection and L'Immagine Ritrovata under the supervision of Wong Kar-wai.
• Wong discarded most of the footage and story before arriving at In the Mood, later reshooting and reimagining the rest as 2046.
• The restoration was scheduled to premiere at the 73rd Cannes Film Festival in May 2020, followed by a limited theatrical re-release, but was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• On 2 February 2001, the film opened in six North American cinemas, earning $113,280 ($18,880 per screen) in its first weekend.
• For its 25th anniversary, the film was re-released in theatres alongside In the Mood for Love 2001.
• The website's critical consensus reads: "An exquisitely shot showcase for Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung that marks a somber evolution of Wong Kar-wai's chic style, In the Mood for Love is a tantric tease that's liable to break your heart."
• Cannes postponed the showing to October 2020, with the film playing at the Lumière Festival in Lyon instead.

Source: Wikipedia

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