Tra My Nguyen Faces the Open Road in 'Fallen Angels'

The neon-lit tenderness of the motorcycle in Wong Kar-wai's film Fallen Angels has grown to be one of the most iconic shots in modern cinema. The scene captures a melancholic romanticism as Michelle Reis and Takeshi Kaneshiro's characters become one with the bike that carries them forward, bodies folded atop one another.In Fallen Angels, Tra My Nguyen tells a story of memory and movement. Taking title cues from the cult-classic neo-noir film, Nguyen draws urban poetry from diasporic perspectives...