Pine

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–noun 

1. any evergreen, coniferous (結毬果的) tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine (松脂), tar, pitch (瀝青), etc. Compare pine family.

2. any of various similar coniferous trees.

3. the wood of the pine tree.

4. Informal. the pineapple. 



–verb (used without object) 

1. to yearn deeply; suffer with longing; long painfully (often fol. by for): to pine [for] one's home and family. 

2. to fail gradually in health 

or

vitality from grief, regret, or longing (often fol. by away): Separated by their families, the lovers pined [away].  



3. Archaic. to be discontented; fret. 

–verb (used with object) 

4. Archaic. to suffer grief or regret over. 

–noun 

5. Archaic. painful longing.





　

Wong Kar-wai's Fallen Angels is a sequel of sorts to the director's 1994 U.S. breakthrough Chungking Express. [Expanding] on the latter's style, themes, and mood, Fallen Angels is set in the surreal milieu of urban, nighttime Hong Kong. 



As with the filmmaker's other features, plot takes a back seat to mood. The wisp of a narrative intercuts two story lines. The first follows a hitman (Leon Lai) who finds that the assassin's life has slowly lost its allure. Complicating his life is his beautiful contact (Michele Reis, a former Miss Hong Kong winner) who pines [after] him with fetishistic ardor, although the two have never met in their nearly three-year partnership. 



In another part of the city, He (Takeshi Kaneshiro), a mute, boyish ex-convict, makes a living by sneaking into and running businesses after hours. Still living with his father who runs the Chungking Mansions hotel, the restless Ho falls for Cherry (Charlie Yeung), a woman getting over her breakup with the offscreen Johnny. 



The movie follows these episodic romances almost [half]-heartedly as with Wong's other films, and digressionary moments attract much of the camera's distracted gaze. This visually stylish and un[a]bashedly effusive work is considered by some critics to be the quintessential Wong film.



wisp

小捆,小把,小束

A [wisp] of gray hair stuck out from under her hat.





malaise 

woebegone & hapless

woe

To add to his [woes], Bergman's producer at Svensk Filmindustri informed him that he would not be able to finance his next film if this one didn't [perform] at the box office.

saturnine

Piccoli, the [balding], [saturnine] slickster with the five-o’clock shadow, and Belmondo, the oily outlaw punk. 

[echoing] Freud's saturnine assessment of the human race. 

plaintive

King's plaintive [baritone] had all the passion of gospel

The studio that Jerry built is about to be demolished, and the [music] dubbed over the shot is Duke Ellington's plaintive "(In My) Solitude."



doleful

a doleful [look] on her face. 

Scalp