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Mar 15, 1996 · If you are attentive to the style, if you think about what Wong is doing, "Chungking Express” works. If you're trying to follow the plot, you may feel frustrated. As the film opens, we meet a policeman named He Qiwu (Takeshi Kaneshiro), who wanders the nighttime city, lonely and depressed, pining after a girl who has left him. He gives ...
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Even if all it had to offer were writer-director Wong Kar-wai's thrillingly distinctive visuals, Chungking Express would be well worth watching; happily, its thoughtfully drawn characters and...
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- Kar-Wai Wong
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- Brigitte Lin
I watched most of Wong Kar-Wai's filmography in recent months with mixed results and Chungking Express was particularly the one I wanted to love and didn't. I really liked the atmosphere and visual style, like you describe, and Tony Leung's acting is ever-solid.
Dec 8, 2020 · December 8, 2020. In his sensitive comedy-drama “Chungking Express” (1994), director Wong Kar-wai uses stunning visuals, layered dialogue, and a unique narrative structure to challenge the...
By Derek Elley. SNAP/REX/Shutterstock. Four years after his cult classic “Days of Being Wild,” Hong Kong maverick stylist Wong Kar-wai trampolines back with “Chung King Express,” a quicksilver...
Chungking Express comes to town with a hip imprimatur and some admiring reviews. But this quirky, deadpan movie moves like a rickshaw with a geriatric hauler in harness. Full Review | Jun...
Apr 23, 2009 · Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out restaurant stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Faye Wong) works.