Chungking Express
(1994)
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Chungking Express
(1994)
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Brigitte Lin | ... |
Woman in blonde wig
(as Ching-hsia Lin)
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Tony Chiu Wai Leung | ... | ||
Faye Wong | ... | ||
Takeshi Kaneshiro | ... | ||
Valerie Chow | ... |
Air Hostess
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Chen Jinquan | ... | ||
Lee-Na Kwan | ... |
Richard
(as Guan Lina)
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Zhiming Huang | ... |
Man
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Liang Zhen | ... |
The 2nd May
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Songshen Zuo | ... |
Man
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Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color. The first half deals with Cop 223, who has broken up with his girlfriend of five years. He purchases a tin of pineapples with an expiration date of May 1 each day for a month. By the end of that time, he feels that he will either be rejoined with his love or that it too will have expired forever. The second half shows Cop 663 dealing with his breakup with his flight attendant girlfriend. He talks to his apartment furnishings until he meets a new girl at a local lunch counter. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
Flawless tale of brief encounters and abstract moments. Far superior than most of Hong Kong's bullet ridden action fests, Chungking Express takes you on an emotional journey of love, loss, and chance excursions. Cinematography and editing is groundbreaking as this drama unfolds soap-opera-like stories without all the overacting and melodrama. Wong Kar-Wei has sealed his place in cinematic history with this tour de force.