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Chungking Express - Criterion Collection |
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Chungking Express - Criterion Collection
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by Criterion Collection
Sales Rank: 4831
Price: $35.99
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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.
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack supervised by director
Wong Kar-wai
Audio commentary by noted Asian cinema critic Tony Rayns
U.S. theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Amy Taubin and excerpts from a 1996 Sight and Sound interview with Wong by Rayns
More!
Viewer Reviews
This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film.
Chunking Express, known in Cantonese as Chung Hing sam lam, or "Chunking Jungle" contains two stories about Hong Kong police officers. In the first story, a cop meets a woman who is heroin smuggler and in the second film a cop meets and socializes with a female clerk and an open all night sandwich shop.
The film is directed by Wong Kar Wai and was originally released by Criterion on laserdisc back in the mid 1990's. The film also has some great music including the Mamas and the Papas' "California Dreamin'" and a Cantonese language cover of the Cranberries' song, "Dreams" by Faye Wong who also acted in the film.
The DVD also includes scenes from an episode of the BBC series "Moving Pictures" with interviews of Wong Kar Wai and Christopher Doyle. There is also the US theatrical trailer and feature length audion commentary by Tony Rayns.
This is a great film which I highly recommend.
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