The fluidity of time and the transience of memories are both recurrent motifs in the films of Wong Kar-wai, the Shanghai-born, Hong Kong-raised filmmaker behind such timeless classics as Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love . Every Wong Kar-wai feature film ranked, from As Tears Go By to The Grandmaster In celebration of his 60th birthday tomorrow on July 17, we take a trip down memory lane and revisit some rarely seen images from the Post ’s archive that follow Wong’s meteoric rise to becoming one of the world’s pre-eminent art-house directors. Filmmaker Wong Kar-wai becomes first Hong Kong director to win Lumière Award Want more articles like this? Follow SCMP Film on Facebook