Chungking Express

Chung Hing sam lam 1994

Chongqing Express is a movie that Wong Kar-wai shot on a very low budget in a few months when his editing work was interrupted to continue the sound recording of the second film, In the Ashes of Time. interim movie". Mood for Love is still playing in our cinemas. It is a film that stands out not with its subject but with the style of its director. Using elements of visual expression skillfully, Wai not only achieves a narrative language that fits perfectly into the cosmopolitan, chaotic and fast-paced life of Hong Kong, but also successfully highlights the difference between personal and social perception of the emerging spatio-temporal situation. in the postmodern situation. The movie is about two cops PC 233 (Takeshi Kaneshiro) and PC 633 (Tony Leung) who try to turn a new page in their lives after being dumped by their lover. The two characters, who have nothing in common other than their situation and the Midnight Express buffet they go to for lunch, have nothing in common in the movie except for the consistency of the stories of the two characters. How these two misguided cops try to regain their hope is so beautifully told with little surprises and witty dialogue that we think it would be unfair if the plot of the film was told to the audience for the first time. For those who want to discover a new language of cinema, Chungking Express is a good start...