Another thing about Godard and Wong’s characters, is that they are always smoking. For a good reason I think. Smoke is beautiful. The act of smoking, except for what it does to a person’s health, is in some ways visually beautifully as well. The deep inhalation, the rising of the chest, the glowing of the cigarette tip, the catching of the smoke, the exhale and relaxation of the body, the releasing of smoke, gradually or abruptly.
Here is my go at capturing smoke in film :
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