... 2046 preexisting soundtracks mood music cinephilia ...

... Surveying the use of Bellini’s operas in 2046 and the repurposing of “Yumeji’s Theme” in In the Mood for Love , chapter 3 charts Wong Kar-wai’s progress from “borrower” to “owner.” It’s a passage sanctioned by the carefully curated recordings of the soundtracks, sold as specialty items...

... Kong’s famed re-export economy: the repackaging of imported goods as if they were its own. 2046 preexisting soundtracks mood music cinephilia ...

... Drawing on two key sequences from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Wong Kar-wai’s 2046 (2004), respectively, the introduction redefines the use of preexisting music in film as an expanded form of music composition. Like assemblage, collage, remix, and other appropriative...