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Chungking Express

film by Wong Kar-Wai [1994]

Also known as: “Chunghing Samlam”

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In Wong Kar-Wai
…Wong shot Chunghing Samlam (1994; Chungking Express), which presents a pair of unrelated stories of unrequited love and missed romantic connections involving two policemen. Wong’s synthesis of the freedom of the French New Wave, the vigour of Hong Kong genre cinema, and the modernity of music videos brought him international…
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In history of film: Hong Kong
…of Time), Chongquing senlin (1994; Chungking Express), and Duoluo tianshi (1995; Fallen Angels). Later, more intimate films, set outside Hong Kong or in the past, were Chungguang zhaxie (1997; Happy Together), in which a gay couple from Hong Kong travel to Argentina, and Huayang nianhua (2000; In the Mood for…
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