I've never been a big fan of technique that calls attention to itself, but Wong's frenetic blend of slow motion, pixilation, rushing backgrounds and frozen foregrounds (or vice versa) is as integral to this movie as its bubbly story and characters.
Chungking Express
If my memory of her has an expiration date, let it be 10,000 years...
1994 · 1h 43m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Wong Kar-Wai
Overview
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.
Director and cast
- Wong Kar-Wai Director
- Brigitte Lin as Woman in blonde wig (as Ching-hsia Lin)
- Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Policeman 663
- Takeshi Kaneshiro as He Zhiwu / Cop 223
- Faye Wong as Faye
- Valerie Chow as Air Hostess
- Piggy Chan Kam-Chuen as Manager of 'Midnight Express'
- Kwan Lee-Na Cast
- Guang Zhi Cast
- Wong Chi-Ming Cast
- Leung San Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
[Wong's] hypnotic images of love and loss finally wear down your resistance as seemingly discordant sights and sounds coalesce into a radiant, crazy quilt.
Chungking Express is a breezy little Hong Kong movie that has more life, energy, humanity and sheer visual zing than most other shows you'll see in a month or so.
Dull it is not, but Wong's trademark sense of romantic melancholy fails to jell amid all the excess.
It's the cinematic equivalent of popcorn on a hot stove with jump-cut shots, freeze frames, stirringly beautiful images and boundless energy.
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