Wong Kar Wai's 2000 movie touched me deeply. Even though I am not in the mood for love now, I feel a sense of closeness to the characters that I can't explain. I have never been in their situation, and I don't know how I would act if I were them, but the way they are portrayed, the mixing of emotion and daily mundane chores, their emotional intelligence and refrain, all come together in harmony. Perhaps the aspect I love the most of the movie is its ability to make small spaces look beautiful. I grew up in an aging city where people cram into small apartments, small houses. The alleys that we see in the movie are also there in my childhood. I still have dreams of navigating the winding, dark, unattended alleys. But Wong Kar Wai uses these unappealing places as a setting for the beautiful emotions that arise between the leads. Suddenly the memories of my childhood that I consider to be ugly and abandoned, come to life with vibrant colours, dazzling patterns. I also loved t...