Totally agree, and you don't have to be an Aussie to love the brilliant imagery of Chris Doyle.

There's been some discussion of Wong several times on this site including here http://www.filmwurld.com/forums/show...=wong+kar+wai.

and more recently here http://www.filmwurld.com/forums/show...highlight=wong

Incidentally I've heard Days of Being Wild is being reissued in theaters here soon by Kino International. I guess the website for the reissue is this: http://www.kino.com/daysofbeingwild/. and opening dates are:

Film Forum New York, NY November 19, 2004
Northwest Film and Video Cent. Portland, OR December 17, 2004
Nuart Theatre Los Angeles, CA January 7, 2005
Cinematheque Ontario Toronto, ON February 25, 2005
Castro Theatre San Francisco, CA March 4, 2005

I first saw all his movies in theaters, and it's certainly better to first experience images of such beauty and originality on a big screen. Then I got videos, then dvd's came out, and I must say this is one director whose stuff I can go over and over with pleasue. Wong, and the earlier John Woo, seem to be my favorite Chinese directors, though I think Ang Lee has made the best transition to English language films, particularly with Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm (my favorite) and Ride with the Devil. I'm looking forward to Lee's upcoming Breakback Mountain with young hunks Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger daring to play gay cowboys in Larry McMurtry's adaptation of Annie Proux's story--a pretty interesting idea and crew, at least, better than a Hulk; we'll see how it plays out.