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"Sooner or later most filmmakers want to make a film about their childhood," muses Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai, sitting on a balcony of a Los Angeles hotel and languidly puffing a cigarette. "The 1960s was the era in which I grew up." And how fondly he remembers it. Born in Shanghai, Wong landed in Hong Kong in 1962, at the age of 5.

"Sooner or later most filmmakers want to make a film about their childhood," muses Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai, sitting on a balcony of a Los Angeles hotel and languidly puffing a cigarette. "The 1960s was the era in which I grew up." And how fondly he remembers it. Born in Shanghai, Wong landed in Hong Kong in 1962, at the age of 5.

The qipao is to China what the kimono is to Japan and the kilt to Scotland. But until recently, the silky and slender symbol of national pride had nearly vanished from the Chinese wardrobe. It took a movie about Hong Kong to revive its popularity in China, especially here in the city that gave birth to this fashion icon--known in the Hong Kong and the West as a cheongsam--during the Roaring '20s.

The qipao is to China what the kimono is to Japan and the kilt to Scotland. But until recently, the silky and slender symbol of national pride had nearly vanished from the Chinese wardrobe. It took a movie about Hong Kong to revive its popularity in China, especially here in the city that gave birth to this fashion icon--known in the Hong Kong and the West as a cheongsam--during the Roaring '20s.