Wong Kar-Wai’s MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS Screening Thursday at Webster University

“When you’re gone, all that is left behind are the memories you created in other people’s lives or just a couple of items on a bill.”

Director Wong Kar-Wai’s MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS (2007) screens Thursday May 11th at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood). The movie starts at 7:30pm. 

Elizabeth (Norah Jones) sets out on a journey across America, leaving behind a life of memories, a dream and a soulful new friend; a cafe owner–all while in search of something to mend her broken heart. Waitressing her way through the country, Elizabeth befriends others whose yearnings are greater than hers, including a troubled cop and his estranged wife and a down-on-her luck gambler with a score to settle. Through these individuals, Elizabeth witnesses the true depths of loneliness and emptiness, and begins to understand that her own journey is part of a greater exploration within herself.  The film co-stars Jude Law (as Jeremy) and Natalie Portman (as Leslie).

The critics in 2007 sure were impressed with MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS:

“That’s another thing about Wong: even when you’re not quite sure what he’s trying to say, or if he actually has anything to say, you get your money back in the beauty with which he says it.”

” MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS captures the overwhelming and uncontrollable emotional assault of loving and living through captured moments and sensuous images.”

“Wong’s beautiful frames, filled with windows, lights and colors and a dazzling array of sounds (from distant thunder to tinkling bracelets) establish his all-important mood”