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Chungking Express (1994)

Director: Wong Kar-wai

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From Time Out Film Guide

Wong Kar-Wai's movie tells two loosely interlinked stories, both about lovelorn cops who get involved with women who are wrong for them. In the first, Takeshi Kaneshiro tries to pick up Brigitte Lin in a late-night bar, unaware she's a big-time heroin smuggler who's spent the evening hunting down some absconding drug couriers. In the second, the boyish Faye Wang (a star is born!) gets a crush on Tony Leung and starts breaking into his apartment to redecorate it while he's out. This is what Godard movies were once like: fast, hand-held, funny and very, very catchy. The year's zingiest visit to Heartbreak Hotel.

Author: TR

Time Out Film Guide


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  • Good points all aorund. T said...
    Posted on Jan 24 2012 03:46 Good points all aorund. Truly appreciated.
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