Hong Kong director Wong
Kar-wai in front of a poster promoting his romantic film "My
Blueberry Nights," in Beijing on Wednesday, November 21, 2007. Wong
was in Beijing to inaugurate an activity inspired by his
film.
Some Chinese girls are so attracted to the romantic journey
depicted in Wong Kar-wai's film "My Blueberry Nights," that they
want to go on a road of similar exploration in their own life.
On Wednesday, Wong Kar-wai was in Beijing to inaugurate a
month-long domestic journey for ten girls, who stood out from a
bulk of more than 10,000 applications.
Their trips will be jointly sponsored by Wong and the social
networking website Ipart.cn.
In "My Blueberry Nights," the protagonist, played by Grammy
award winner Norah Jones, takes a soul-searching journey across the
United States. She meets a series of offbeat people who answer her
questions about love and life.
In real life, the ten Chinese girls will embark on a 10-city
tour taking what has been dubbed the "blueberry bus."
Each girl, who has been given a laptop, will chronicle their
experiences on the road with a daily diary and photos posted
online. When their trips end, readers will vote for the girl whom
they think is the Norah Jones of real life.
Ten Chinese girls, selected
to participate in a travel plan inspired by Wong Kar-wai's film "My
Blueberry Nights," pose for a group photo at a news conference in
Beijing on Wednesday, November 21, 2007.
Although the holding of such an activity is partly to promote
the film's upcoming Chinese release, director Wong said he hopes
participants will enjoy the sweetness of finding answers to their
love and life questions.
"My Blueberry Nights" is Wong's first English-language film. It
has been selected to be the opener of this year's Cannes Film
Festival.
The film is slated to rank high in China's New Year holiday
box-office stakes when it opens next month.
(CRI November 22, 2007)
