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- Never-before-seen footage from “Day One” sold as NFT along with other movie souvenirs
- Sotheby’s sold at NFT auction with an unprecedented 91 seconds of footage from day one of Wong Kar-wai’s cult classic In the Mood for Love.
The film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000 and has inspired many films, including Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight and Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation.
Where did you first think of In The Mood For Love?
It’s hard to say,” Wong said in a press release. “What is certain is that February 13, 1999, was the first day I realized this thought. The first day of film production is like the first meeting with the lover of your dreams – filled with fear and excitement, like skating on thin ice. The arrow never returned to his nose; After 20 years, this arrow is still rising. “
“That arrow,” Wong added, “could set a new direction… in the blockchain world,” he said. “For more of us to live and chase the first spark in every lightning.”
In addition to the new footage, the iconic yellow jacket worn by actor Leslie Chung in Heartbreak Tango from the 1990s and a collection of 30 for studio Wong Jet-Tone Films’ 30th anniversary will also be on sale.
The auction will take place in October at the Hong Kong Evening Modern Art Auction. Check out the 10-second NFT snippet below. And refresh your memory of Wong’s best films here.