Chongqing sen lin : Chung king express

The Resource Chongqing sen lin : Chung king express
Label
Chongqing sen lin : Chung king express
Title remainder
Chung king express
Statement of responsibility
Miramax Films ; a Rolling Thunder picture ; Jet Tone Production Co. Ltd. ; written and directed by Wong Kar-Wai ; presented by Chan Yi-Kan ; produced by Lau Chun-Wai
Title variation
  • Chung king express
  • Chungking express
  • Chungking express a film by Wong Kar-Wai
Contributor
Actor
Screenwriter
Director
Subject
Genre
Language
  • chi
  • man
  • eng
  • chi
Summary
A greasy Hong Kong fast-food joint serves as the focal point for two off-kilter love stories about two cops, both told from multiple perspectives and exploring the fragility of human connections. Detective 223, dumped by his girlfriend, buys a can of pineapple every day which he will eat in a year, if she hasn't changed her mind and returned to him. Meanwhile, he falls in love with a bewigged drug smuggler. Detective 663, also dumped, falls for nutty counter girl Faye. Possibly unhinged by her habit of constantly listening to an ear-shattering rendition of "California Dreamin'," Faye falls for him and begins sneaking into his apartment, rearranging the furniture, cleaning the place up and further weakening his already-shaky grasp on reality
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Awards note
Winner, 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Film Editing: William Cheng, Chi-Leung Kwong, Kit-Wai Kai; Best Actor: Tony Leung Chiu Wai; Best Director: Kar Wai Wong.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Andrew Lau ; edited by William Chang, Hai Kit-Wai and Kwong Chi-Leung ; music by Frankie Chan and Roel A. Garcia ; production design, William Chang ; art direction, Alfred Yau
Language note
In Cantonese and Mandarin with optional subtitles in English
PerformerNote
Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro
Runtime
102
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
453
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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