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

... not make it the vehicle of intertextual associations, however. The distance from the model is often such that it makes intertextual resonances difficult, if not impossible, to register. Wong’s use of preexisting soundtracks is a transfiguration into artistic practice of a distinctive expression of Hong...

... 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...

... 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...