BMW shortfilm - "The Follow" by Wong Kar Wai

BMW took its place alongside the major movie studios with the production of The Hire short-film series on the internet, bringing together high-level talent from a number of diverse fields ─ a synergistic effort that crossed and pushed boundaries. Key producers included David Fincher, Ridley and Tony Scott. Other prominent directors that made up the dream team included John Frankenheimer, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-Wai, Guy Ritchie, Alejandro González Iñárritu, John Woo, Joe Carnahan.

DIRECTED BY: Wong Kar-Wai
WRITTEN BY: Andrew Kevin Walker
CONCEPT BY: Fallon
PRODUCED BY: Aristides McGarry, Robert Van De Weteringe Buys
CAST: Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Adriana Lima, Forest Whitaker
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Harris Savides
PRODUCTION DESIGNER / EDITOR: William Chang Suk-Ping
ART DIRECTOR: Martin Whis
CREATIVE CONSULTANTS: David Carter, Joe Sweet, Bruce Bildsten, David Van Eyssen / Believe Media
PRODUCER, HONG KONG UNIT: Jacky Pang Yee-Wah
COSTUME DESIGNER: April Napier
VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISORS: Andrew Hardaway, Jonathan Keeton
CASTING BY: Lisa Fields, Denise Chamian
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Anonymous Content

COPYRIGHT: 2001 BMW Of North America, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• BMW
• Wong Kar Wai
• Clive Owen
• Adriana Lima
• Forest Whitaker

[InspectorDante]

Wong Kar Wai's works are just hopeless romantics!!

[cubanewyork]

Simply genius! like everything that he does! Wong Kar Wai is the greatest filmmaker of our time!

[ceciliawyu]

I love the way Wong Kar Wai uses his "signature": waiting...pause.....focus...de­tails...pause...done intelligently...it is the height of Hong kong cinematic arthouse! :) The resolutions/conclusions/refrai­ns are always in the silence and not the words...nicely done!

[felixlechatbotte]

no words to describe this beauty^^ my favourite shortfilm in "the Hire" .

[sourfacepyropanda]

Viewing this film all these years later showed me how great talent attracts each other, even in the "minor" roles. Both Forest Whitaker and Mickey Rourke both went on to great careers. And of course, love for Adriana Lima. I had never imagined that 10 years ago, Wong Kar Wai and Clive Owen teamed up with this great cast. I hope WKW gets to do more of these =)

[Lainer1]

Another reason to never buy into the hype of a car. I will never buy a BMW.

[Lainer1]

How much is BMW paying these schmucks?

[hawkeslady]

She doesn't actually say "but my flight is delayed... very late", she says "I think the plane will be taking off at 3:30..."

[MRSUMONE]

forrest whittaker gets no credit?

[mrcozy08]

4.12-5.29!!!!!!!

[Cosiism]

@mdoub lol. I'd say: much ado about nothing. The harder you ponder this piece of work, the more confusing it gets. Not sure what point WKW is trying to make - I'm thinking he's trying too hard...I wouldn't want to associate a car with some deep, philosofical view on life. Which makes this short rather funny.