Needless to say a must-see for Wongcolytes, Days of Being Wild is also an excellent entry point for people who haven't yet caught this most exotic and habit-forming of cinematic bugs.

Every shot is perfectly composed and compelling, with light and shadow manipulated to maximum effect.

It now seems like a promising apprentice work, almost a blueprint for the writer-director's most acclaimed and famous film, In the Mood for Love.

Set in the 1960s and shot on practically deserted locations, there isn’t much "story" to the impressionistic film, but the languorous atmosphere of longing, disconnection, and emotional isolation is hypnotic.