Chungking Express
重慶森林
Hong Kong • 1994
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Directed by Wong Kar Wai • 1994 • Hong KongStarring Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro The whiplash, double-pronged CHUNGKING EXPRESS is one of the defining works of 1990s cinema and the film that made Wong Kar Wai an instant icon. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung Chiu Wai), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out food stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Faye Wong) works. Anything goes in Wong’s gloriously shot and utterly unexpected charmer, which cemented the sex appeal of its gorgeous stars and forever turned canned pineapple and the Mamas & the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” into tokens of romantic longing.
Synopsis
Directed by Wong Kar Wai • 1994 • Hong KongStarring Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro The whiplash, double-pronged CHUNGKING EXPRESS is one of the defining works of 1990s cinema and the film that made Wong Kar Wai an instant icon. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung Chiu Wai), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out food stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Faye Wong) works. Anything goes in Wong’s gloriously shot and utterly unexpected charmer, which cemented the sex appeal of its gorgeous stars and forever turned canned pineapple and the Mamas & the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” into tokens of romantic longing.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorWong Kar-Wai
CinematographerChristopher Doyle, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
ProducerJeffrey Lau Chun-Wai, Yi-kan Chan
Cast
Brigitte Linas Woman in Blonde Wig
Takeshi Kaneshiroas He Zhiwu / Cop 223