Other film roles included Happy Together and Days of Being Wild, directed by Wong Kar-wai.

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For the Hong Kong film maker Wong Kar-Wai, he has shot a stream of pictures that have revolutionised the face of Asian cinema.

ECONOMIST: A new roll for film

Cult director Wong Kar-wai was so bothered by expectations that he would take on the handover that he hot-footed it to the Argentine capital.

CNN: OT ONLY DID HONG

The first English-language film from the Hong Kong-based director Wong Kar-Wai, and the first to be set in America, makes you wonder whether the trip was worth it.

NEWYORKER: My Blueberry Nights

Arriving on a rolling thunder of advance hype and an endorsement from Quentin Tarantino, this Hong Kong import directed by Wong Kar-Wai consists of two loosely connected stories about lovesick policemen captivated by mysterious women.

NEWYORKER: Chungking Express

Produced by Wong Kar-wai (Happy Together, Chungking Express) and directed by actor Eric Kot, First Love brims with ideas, is chockablock with local color and has fun playing with the idea of cinema.

CNN: Cock-a-Doodle-Doo!

While the Hong Kong Tourism Board, which is behind the initiative, has not released other names yet, they are expected to include martial arts star Jackie Chan, Bond actress Michelle Yeoh and director Wong Kar-wai.

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Local filmmaking reached another pinnacle in the 1970s with martial arts stars like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, and entered another influential era a decade later with New Wave and Second Wave directors like John Woo and Wong Kar-wai.

BBC: The 100 must-see Hong Kong films

The Auteurs is Cakarel's brainchild: an ambitious former Goldman Sachs banker with a head for technology, he came up with the idea back in 2007 in Tokyo when, with some spare time on his hands, he tried to watch Wong Kar-wai's "In the Mood for Love" on the Internet.

CNN: Scorsese and The Auteurs put film classics online for free