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Chungking Express (1994)

1994 | Drama | Romance

98 mins Hong Kong SAR China

Two lonely Hong Kong policemen reminisce separately on past loves while encountering new possibilities: one meets an enigmatic woman with ties to the criminal underworld, and the other crosses paths with a server at a late-night restaurant he frequents.



Produced by Ocean Shores Video / Miramax Films / Rolling Thunder Pictures
Director Wong Kar-wai
Writer Wong Kar-wai
Cast Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Faye Wong, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Valerie Chow, Thom Baker, Chan Kam-Chuen, Kwan Lee-na, Wong Chi-Ming, Leung Sun and Choh Chung-Sing


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Olivier Assayas recommended (curated)

 
Chungking Express (1994)
Chungking Express (1994)
1994 | Drama, Romance
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Often, when I read filmmakers’ lists (including mine), I am frustrated by the absence of their contemporaries. The present is always the hardest to read, and no one will argue if you focus on masters of the past instead. But here are a few names, filmmakers whose work I have been lucky to follow since their beginnings; we’ve crossed paths, more or less frequently, but I have admired them constantly, also because they have been an inspiration. I feel I have had a dialogue with them, or with their films, and it is reflected in my own work. Edward Yang is gone, I miss him a lot, he invented modern Chinese cinema alongside Hou Hsiao-hsien, he was my friend."

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Anthony Bourdain recommended (curated)

 
Chungking Express (1994)
Chungking Express (1994)
1994 | Drama, Romance
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I could watch the work of Wong Kar-wai (and the brilliant cinematographer Christopher Doyle) all day long. I don’t have to understand what’s going on . . . I don’t care. Beautiful people, photographed beautifully. His films are the best, most romantic out there."

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Steven Yeun recommended (curated)

 
Chungking Express (1994)
Chungking Express (1994)
1994 | Drama, Romance
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"It’s so good—so subtle, truthful, and simple. This movie allows you to just look at human beings as human beings for a second. Wong Kar-wai is a master, and I have an admiration for his ability to direct your attention to certain things but not in an obvious way. I got to see Asian people as real people who could be flawed and make choices that are selfish and don’t take into account social graces all the time. Being raised in a very Christian, traditional Korean household, you’re kind of just seeing the surface and what you’re supposed to be at all times. I remember growing up thinking all Korean people were church deacons, and then you see a Korean man driving a taxi and all of a sudden you’re like, what’s going on? This doesn’t make sense to me! Wong’s films are like traveling to Hong Kong without going to Hong Kong."

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Christophe Honore recommended (curated)

 
Chungking Express (1994)
Chungking Express (1994)
1994 | Drama, Romance
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"The film that was my youth. That looked upon it, initiated it, comforted it. It’s Chungking Express that taught me to love badly. And to eat canned pineapples."

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