Sunday 24 January 2016

重慶森林 / Chungking Express (1994 Wong Kar-Wai & scr)

Confusing film has 'What??' factor as first story abruptly stops and second takes over - very charming and quiddical (e.g. the cleaning cloth that cries).

Chris Doyle of course in charge of camera department, mainly responsible for second story, Tony Lau for the first. There's that same process from his other films - a sort of multiple frame printing effect that illustrates the first section.

Initially featuring Brigitte Lin and Takeshi Kaneshiro; then the utterly delightful Faye Wong and Tony Leung; with Jinquan Chen as the manager of the 'Midnight Express'. Indeed, film is reminiscent of an early, fun Godard.

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