here are some scouting location jpgs with director wong kar-wai, cinematographer darius khondji & editor/production designer william chang from wkw’s new film ‘my blueberry nights’ (his first american location shot feature). hopefully, wim wender’s ‘paris, texas’ and playwright tennessee williams’ literary southern gothic settings have an influence on the look of ‘my blueberry nights’ rather than a wkw american visual compliation of his previous films ‘happy together,’ ‘chungking express’ and ‘fallen angels’ combined. also, from the recent dennis lim n.y. times article (click blog entry title to read write up) and production reports from various media sources, it seems wkw is up to his old method of improvising during shooting. while crime novelist larry block’s script appears only to be a front, so wkw could attain financing but ultimately shoot in his typical manner of discovering the narrative during production. in addition, imdb lists ‘my blueberry nights’ with a june 2007 new york/los angeles release date and will probably screen at this year’s cannes film festival. looking forward to seeing how this one turns out for wkw & cast (norah jones, jude law, natalie portman, rachel weisez and david strathairn) & crew (william chang & darius khondji) and which of these locations jpgs appear in the final cut besides palacinka in nyc. (click individual images to enlarge & see more details.)
special thanks to s
director wong kar-wai at location unknown
cinematographer darius khondji at location unknown
editor/production designer william chang at palacinka in nyc
interior of palacinka
cinematographer darius khondji in ely, nevada
wong kar-wai discovered ely while driving along highway 50, known as “the loneliest road in america”
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