The only movie I wanted to make that's close to that kind of movie is 'Pulp Fiction.' The French New Wave. 'Breathless.' 'Band of Outsiders.' The idea of the cool criminals. That's a French New Wave thing.
He taught me that you don't need a huge budget, you just need ideas and energy, and you can break all the rules.
— Wong Kar-wai · John Powers, 'The Wong Way: A Master of Mood Discusses the State of World Cinema,' Vogue