A beautiful scene - the opening scene, in fact - in a pool room. We find ourselves here during the 1960's, a romantic melody is playing, and a man and woman are beginning to feel an attraction...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqhLDTxODhY

The 5.6.7.8's (a real band) perform in the House of Leaves...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjZvIWV5TW4

In this 1964 film, two beautiful women explore their friendship, one an artist, the other the subject. The music plays...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Q_MpQ04hg

Very tense moment in the basement tavern...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWgHiUZYRSo

"You give out very little sugar with your pronouncements." Mattie runs circles around her new found friend when it comes to wit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMPr9rchJMs

We cut to the corridor leading to the House of Blue Leaves, the music hits its rhythm, the gang turns the corner...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJlu_xo79k8

Mr. Chow and Bai Ling have been out for dinner and drinks. They're now in the taxi riding home. The music plays, and from the expression on Bai Ling's face, we can tell she has just fallen in love.

It's an absolutely achingly beautiful scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRfPF3tLIGQ

Nice one! Just one though? You should check out some of mine. Any catch your interest?

Rembrandt like tones, and a pointed conversation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptqe-CGOi_U

The coin toss:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLCL6OYbSTw

It's around 1932 in China, in an upscale dance hall, all the women are wearing cheongsams, the band is playing a jazzy tune, everyone is dancing. Wonderful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDSy3F6fUMQ

She's standing in the rain with her cello, and this stranger pulls up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_dc5WzLq_c

The haunting and beautiful lake scene from Ugetsu...

She sings the mournful song as the boat appears in the mists...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTM0eb0VCnU

Some sexy foreplay with a Hong Kong beauty...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBqHAPgB494

First the music. Then the low ceiling in the flat, with the poor electricity and makeshift furniture. He fastidiously files his nails. Then he dons his coat. Then the money, then the cards and cigarettes...

The music times perfectly to his fingers as he grabs the coins...

Fantastic mis-en-scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdjXoZB-Oc4

The introduction of Bai Ling. First the comical noise through the wall, and then the official introduction of her character as Connie Francis's Siboney starts to play. So magical...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1uTz_Ufr3sk#t=1851s

Ummm, the rainy alleyway scene in Floating Weeds? No duh! Let Roger Ebert be your guide.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPjHBhWm4MU

More Ozu magic.

Abby and Owen exit the pharmacy on a snowy night in Los Alamos, New Mexico...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F62GjsKAfNs

Noriko and her sister in law ascend the bluff overlooking the beach, and then sit down and discuss the future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF3Gz66P2zQ

An exquisite Ozu film.

Yuddie wanted to see his birth mother, but she wouldn't let him, and so he turned his back, walked down the road, and the music starts to play, the camera speed shifts, and it's so magical...

In his words:

"I finally arrived at my mother's house, but she didn't want to see me. The maids told me she no longer lived there.

As I was leaving, I could feel a pair of eyes watching me from behind,

but I was determined not to turn around. I just wanted to find out what she looked like. Since she wouldn't give me that chance, I wouldn't give it to her either."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDtANgMewqk

Nothing like a Wong Kar-Wai movie.