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Hua yang de nian hua

5 Minutes or Less • 2m 35s

Directed by Wong Kar Wai • 2000 • Hong Kong

This 2000 short film by Wong Kar Wai was made entirely out of print elements discovered in a California warehouse. It is set to Zhou Xuan’s song “Hua yang de nian hua.”

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