Chungking Express (1994)
Directed by Wong Kar-Wai
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.
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One reason is that both make great movies that profess their love for other great movies--Chungking for Breathless, Bringing Up Baby, and Blade Runner, to name just three.
Gawky, very young, uncertain of what to do with her life but determined to find out, Faye, who has a Jean Seberg "Breathless"-style haircut, grows concerned about the despondent police officer.
It's a bit closer in tone to the more realistic or serious Hong Kong movies of Stanley Kwan ("Rouge") or even of Taiwanese filmmakers Ang Lee and Hou Hsaio-hsien.
One reason is that both make great movies that profess their love for other great movies--Chungking for Breathless, Bringing Up Baby, and Blade Runner, to name just three.
The film consists of two episodes with the same background but different titles: "Chungking House," after the arcade where both stories take place, and "Midnight Express," the name of the fast-food joint.
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One reason is that both make great movies that profess their love for other great movies--Chungking for Breathless, Bringing Up Baby, and Blade Runner, to name just three.
There's also a little Blade Runner thrown in, with its forlorn saxophone music, dark, rainy alleys and sweaty junk food shops.
This beautiful, quirky film is much lighter in tone than Days of Being Wild and is probably a good place to start for new viewers.
Though less ambitious than Days of Being Wild (1990) or Ashes of Time (1994) and less hyperbolic than Fallen Angel (1995), this provides an ideal introduction to his work.