World of Wong Kar Wai @ Historic Howell Theater

Chungking Express

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The whiplash, double-pronged Chungking Express is one of the defining works of nineties cinema and the film that made Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai an instant icon. 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. 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 and the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” into tokens of romantic longing.

  • Year
    1994
  • Runtime
    102 minutes
  • Language
    Cantonese
  • Country
    Hong Kong
  • Director
    Wong Kar Wai
  • Screenwriter
    Wong Kar Wai
  • Producer
    Yi-kan Chan
  • Executive Producer
    Chan Pui-wah
  • Cast
    Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung, Faye Wong
  • Cinematographer
    Christopher Doyle, Wai-keung Lau
  • Editor
    William Chang Suk-ping
  • Production Design
    William Chang Suk-ping
  • Music
    Frankie Chan