Step Printing: How Wong Kar-wai Froze a Man in a Moving City (Global Lens Ep. 3)

Step Printing: How Wong Kar-wai Froze a Man in a Moving City (Global Lens Ep. 3)

Ineffable Films
Published on: 23/07/2026

The Chungking Express look is two techniques stacked. How Wong Kar-wai used step printing and a six frame per second shutter to bend time.

film educationfilmmakingcinematographywong kar-waieditingglobal lens

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