Wong Kar-waiās masterpiece isnāt just a movie; itās a mood. Split into two neon-soaked stories of lovesickness, it follows two policemen (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung) trying to process breakups in the chaotic, crowded heart of the city.
Christopher Doyleās "smeary" cinematography makes the city feel like a beautiful, blurry fever dream. Chungking Express (Chung Hing Sam Lam) [1994] (...
"At the closest point of our intimacy, we were just 0.01cm from each other." Wong Kar-waiās masterpiece isnāt just a movie; itās
Itās a love letter to the "so close yet so far" feeling of urban life. If you havenāt seen it, prepare to want to crop-top your uniform and eat chef salads for a week. "At the closest point of our intimacy, we were just 0
From talking to wet bars of soap to obsessing over expiration dates, it captures the weird things we do when weāre lonely.
If heartbreak had a flavor, it would probably be expired canned pineapple and rainy nights in Hong Kong.
Youāll never hear "California Dreaminā" or Faye Wongās cover of "Dreams" the same way again.