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  Salon | As tears go by   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
These are distinguished from continuous tears (also called basal tears), which keep your eyes from drying up; and from reflex tears (or irritant tears), which spring to your eyes in response to smoke, onion vapors, or foreign bodies.
But, he found, "No one could think of any discreet way to elicit emotional tears in the lab." The idea of telling people that their dogs had died, collecting their tears and then confessing the lies in the name of science was rejected.
My own favorite tear mystery is a case reported from Australia of "alternating unilateral lachrymation." In the case the patient, referred to as Eloise, wept copiously from one eye at a time.
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 DVD Talk > Reviews > As Tears Go By > Printer Friendly
As Tears Go By is the English title for Wong gok ka moon, which was originally released in 1988.
As Tears Go By is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen.
As Tears Go By is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 in Cantonese with optional English subtitles.
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 As Tears Go By Review
However, As Tears Go By was clearly a success, both at the Hong Kong box office and with local film critics, and this ensured WKW the opportunity to continue making films.
For WKW though, Tears did not reflect the mode of film-making he wanted, and so he left its style behind in later films, making it the oddity in his back catalogue.
Tears is the only WKW film to have been shot to a full, pre-written script.
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 Hong Kong Digital #138: As Tears Go By / Days of Being Wild
Wong Kar-wai's directorial debut, AS TEARS GO BY is a visually striking triad thriller/romance that pales somewhat in comparison to his later work but is more stylish and involving than much of the competition from this time.
AS TEARS GO BY and DAYS OF BEING WILD were the first HK movies to be issued on DVD in 16:9 by a local video label.
TEARS boasts deep fls and largely attractive hues, though contrasts are variable.
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 rolling stones tab - as tears go by   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
# #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# AS TEARS GO BY by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Andrew Oldham This is my tribute to all the crazy people, who sit night upon night and transcribe songs for all the stupid people like me, who not be able to find the chords for all the great songs.
I sit and watch as tears go by C D [Dsus4]D[Dsus4] ---------0-----------------0------0--------2---0---2----0---
Verse 3 It is the evening of the day I sit and watch the children play Doing things I used to do They think on you I sit and watch as tears go by.
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 DVD Times - As Tears Go By   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Yet As Tears Go By - and this is other major difference in relation to the later works - was made before Wong struck up his celebrated (and now seemingly defunct) relationship with cinematographer Christopher Doyle.
Despite little to go on in the way of a concrete characterisation, he is still able to bring a great deal of charisma and magnetism to the role - put simply he is that character.
As said, As Tears Go By is a promising debut.
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 Wong Kar-wai
Inevitably, Ah-Ngor returns to the normalcy of her bucolic life in the province, and soon, Wah begins to reassess his life, fueled in part by a chance encounter with a former girlfriend who has since married, and the looming threat of a police crackdown after a high-ranking mob informant is arrested.
Marking Wong Kar-wai's first foray into feature film, As Tears Go By subverts the familiar images of frenetic violence and non-stop action endemic in contemporary Hong Kong films with a more somber, atmospheric, and contemplative portrait of failed connection and unrequited longing.
Presenting a contemporary urban drama that is both socially relevant and philosophically existential, the film serves as haunting and provocative examination of the consequence of obligation, the irreconcilability of fate, and the tragedy of missed opportunity.
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 Kino Product: As Tears Go By DVD
Though as gritty as any 80’s Hong Kong gangster picture, AS TEARS GO BY is a watershed film heralding one of the most auspicious directorial debuts in international cinema.
Cast in comic eye candy roles prior to AS TEARS GO BY, Maggie Cheung (IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE) cites Ngor, her first of many collaborations with Wong Kar-Wai, as the character that truly began her dramatic career.
Balancing epiphanous imagery with experimentation and realism with brazen romanticism, Wong Kar-Wai’s AS TEARS GO BY offers a tantalizing glimpse into the nascent brilliance of one of the most influential filmmaking talents of the last twenty years.
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 As Tears Go By
AS TEARS GO BY is the story of a junior crime boss (Andy Lau) and his troublesome "Little Brother" (Jacky Cheung).
AS TEARS GO BY is a Triad drama that really doesn't differ much from many of the Triad movies today other than the fact that it was made in 1988.
There is a trailer for AS TEARS GO BY and DAYS OF BEING wild as extras.
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 Rolling Stones As Tears Go By Guitar Tabs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This guitar tab or chord, As tears go by by Rolling Stones, was created by an individual for personal or educational usage.
Subject: As Tears Go By Just a clarification of the B chord --> Bb...
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 As Tears Go By   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As Tears Go By As Tears Go By - Wong gok ka moon (1988)
A low-level triad "big brother" has a hot-tempered "little brother" who can't keep out of trouble, and consequently is in constant need of being bailed out by his protector.
The "big brother" is super cool, but lacks the ambition to rise in the ranks of the triad societies - and once he meets his cousin from Kowloon and falls in love with her, he even thinks about leaving "the life".
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 cityonfire.com | As Tears Go By   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The film certainly isn't for everyone and is very different to WKW's later works as it lacks the 'new wave' style of those films, but it does contain the characterization, especially of the two main characters, that occurs again and again in his movies.
In some ways, "As Tears Go By" feels more like an early version of Johnny To's "Moment of Romance", which also starred Andy Lau (not to be confused with Andrew "Storm Riders" Lau).
But since "As Tears Go By" was made in 1988, you gotta give it some credit.
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 As Tears Go By   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As Tears Go By As Tears Go By The Rolling Stones
All I hear is the sound Of rain falling on the ground, I sit and watch as tears go by.
Doing things I used to do They think are new, I sit and watch as tears go by.
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 DVDActive - Reviews - DVD - As Tears Go By
As Tears Go By is now seventeen years old, but the 1.78:1 anamorphic transfer on this disc would have you believe it’s from the 1920s.
As Tears Go By is an engrossing tale that feels both encapsulated by its 80s era and, due to its absorbing story and engaging performances, timeless and always relevant.
Sure, they’re part of the world in which the characters live and die by the codes of the street, but the film never really shifts focus from the human relationships, fractured dreams and personal loyalties that equally bind them together and pull them apart.
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 As Tears Go By   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
D E G A It is the evening of the day; D E G A I sit and watch the children play.
G G/F# Em7 A7 D D9 Bm Bm7 All I hear is the sound of rain falling on the ground; G G/F# G/E G/B A7sus4 A7 I sit and watch as tears go by.
Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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 Epinions.com - AS TEARS GO BY, COME AND STAY WITH ME, THIS LITTLE BIRD — MARIANNE FAITHFULL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On 12 September her first record “As Tears Go By” written by both Keith and Mick makes its’ debut and peaks at #9 in the UK.
As Tears Go By – Debut on 11/28/64, Peaked at #51
I had only been previously familiar with her very first hit “As Tears Go By”.
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 DVD Talk > Reviews > As Tears Go By > Printer Friendly
Wah begins to consider leaving the gangster life and settling down with Ngor, but he cannot forsake his younger brother, who has massed massive debts, resentments, and in trying to be more powerful gangster may foolishly take on an assignment that will endanger both of their lives.
The Film: Ostensibly As Tears Go By takes the Mean Streets blueprint, an older, gaining sensibility gangster looking out for a reckless and wild younger cohort, and turns the idea into a character study of low level Chinese gangsters and the pressures of being on the bottom rung in the criminal underworld.
So, although both roughly share the same premise, they each reflect their own distinct culture- Mean Streets is very New York, As Tears Go By is very Chinese.
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 Varied Celluloid > Reviews > As Tears Go By   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
If there is a huge problem with As Tears Go By, it would be that the movie really doesn't make any kind of impact on me. I feel indifferent towards it, and as you might can guess, that isn't a good thing to feel towards a film you are to review.
I certainly didn't dislike As Tears Go By, but I didn't love it either.
Like when Lau holds a knife to the throat of a mob boss and when Cheung and Lau have a funny conversation in a bar where Cheung uses some English words he knows.
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 As Tears Go By   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I'm not normally a fan of his work, but his minimalist (some say lazy, but I will be nice in this review) style works for the most part, and makes a nice counterpoint to Jacky Cheung's more manic acting.
As Tears Go By might be too quirky for some (or not enough for die-hard Wong fans), but overall, this is a pretty interesting and stylish Triad movie that's worth checking out.
The picture and sound quality are horrible, and many scenes have the subtitles cut off due to the center framing.
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 Welcome to MVC.co.uk As Tears Go By   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As Tears Go By, Wong Kar Wai's first full length feature film, is set on the mean streets of Hong Kong in the late eighties.
It is the tale of two lowly gangsters, Ah Wah and his side-kick Fly, trapped in a downward spiral of violence and vengeance.
However, escape from their past is impossible and 'the life' soon catches up with them.
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 As Tears Go By
As Tears Go By As Tears Go By Originally released: 1988
Wong Kar-Wai's first film is an enjoyable gangster thriller which deals with themes of loyalty and betrayal.
It's minor Wong but that still puts it in a different league to most.
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 Life Goes On / As Tears Go By   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Life Goes On / As Tears Go By This single has two unreleased acoustic tunes and a short interview with Johnny.
'As Tears Go By' sounds like a slight adaptation of 'Eve Of Destruction' but 'Life Goes On' is a unique piece.
Freddy Lynxx - guitar on 'As Tears Go By'
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 TABULATURES : As tears go by   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
G A C D It is the evening of the day G A C D I sit and watch the children play C D Smiling faces I can see G G/F# Em G D C But not for me C D I sit and watch as tears go by
My riches can’t buy everything I want to hear the children sing All I hear is the sound Of rain falling on the ground I sit and watch as tears go by
It is the evening of the day I sit and watch the children play Doing things I used to do They think of you I sit and watch as tears go by
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 Rolling Stones As Tears Go By (2) Guitar Tabs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Guitar Tabs >> R >> Rolling Stones >> As tears go by (2)
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 Party hats and tears go hand in hand at my party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When he got back, he was stunned dumb and frozen to see Mary leaving with Slash without so much as a goodbye.
So, there was Martin beating his head against the door and frantically trying to figure out if any type of intimacy was going to take place.
In the tradition of the passive-aggressive personality type, Robert merely curled up in a (blue) ball and fell asleep, leaving Martin to contemplate either suicide or a sex change.
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 As Tears Go By lyrics
I sit and watch as tears go by.
All I hear is the sound of rain falling on the ground,
Doin' things I used to do they think are new.
www.rocklibrary.net /r/rolling_stones/2615/23292   (94 words)

  
 As Tears Go By by The Rolling Stones Songfacts
As Tears Go By by The Rolling Stones Songfacts
It was going to be the B-side of her first single, but the record company decided to make it the A-side and it became her first hit.
Come on Mick play (As Tears Go By) for a long time faithful fan!
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 ♪ Rolling Stones Lyrics -- ( As Tears Go By Song Lyrics )
As Tears Go By Rolling Stones - As Tears Go By
As Tears Go By It is the evening of the day,
Rolling Stones - As Tears Go By Lyrics Viewed 1 Times.
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 As Tears Go By
As Tears Go By The Divine Teachings of the Third Era
Men: Do not be afraid to cry before Me, because those tear drops are not only from the small boy or from the woman.
Those tears speak more than all the words and they say more than thoughts.
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 Rolling Stones "As Tears Go By" guitar tab - RockMagic.net
Rolling Stones "As Tears Go By" guitar tab - RockMagic.net
As Tears Go By by Rolling Stones guitar tab
AS TEARS GO BY by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Andrew Oldham This is my tribute to all the crazy people, who sit night upon night and transcribe songs for all the stupid people like me, who not be able to find the chords for all the great songs.
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 LA Weekly: Film Review: As Tears Go By
LA Weekly: Film Review: As Tears Go By Sock Monkeyman Tony Millionaire in conversation with BILL SMITH.
Beth Cappadora, a suburban supermom in pink lipstick and a floral-print skirt, travels to her 15th high school reunion and parks her two young sons in a busy hotel lobby, only to have one of the boys go missing, seemingly for good.
But it's no fun if the bruises don't fade and the eyes don't stop watering, and part of what has been irritating about Pfeiffer's more recent work is the way she seems to positively cling to the darker end of the emotional spectrum.
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