Chow and Mrs. Chan never fully realize their budding romance for one another because of the possible community gossip and the inclination to not be like their spouses. Moreover, Mrs. Chan in the very next scene brushes into Mr. Chow’s wife on the staircase. The staircase is framed between two walls. The camera is sitting at an subtle upward angle, tilted up. Within in the constricted space, we see how the two characters make use of it, adding to the visual differences between the two. Mr. Chow’s wife bounces up the stairs. Her hair style is a flared up at the ends before her shoulders, in contrast to what can be assumed as the typical hairstyle of the time: Mrs. Chan and her neighbour’s structured, rounded cut. Mr. Chow’s wife where’s a solid red dress with an open back. This scene depicts the obvious contrasts between the two women. Mrs. Chan as opposed to Mrs. Chow 1960’s hong kong style, wears high-collared patterned qipoas, the hairstyle, and even the way she descends the stairs when passing Mrs. Chow is slow and cautious. In the mood for love takes place in 1960’s
Chow and Mrs. Chan never fully realize their budding romance for one another because of the possible community gossip and the inclination to not be like their spouses. Moreover, Mrs. Chan in the very next scene brushes into Mr. Chow’s wife on the staircase. The staircase is framed between two walls. The camera is sitting at an subtle upward angle, tilted up. Within in the constricted space, we see how the two characters make use of it, adding to the visual differences between the two. Mr. Chow’s wife bounces up the stairs. Her hair style is a flared up at the ends before her shoulders, in contrast to what can be assumed as the typical hairstyle of the time: Mrs. Chan and her neighbour’s structured, rounded cut. Mr. Chow’s wife where’s a solid red dress with an open back. This scene depicts the obvious contrasts between the two women. Mrs. Chan as opposed to Mrs. Chow 1960’s hong kong style, wears high-collared patterned qipoas, the hairstyle, and even the way she descends the stairs when passing Mrs. Chow is slow and cautious. In the mood for love takes place in 1960’s