Two stories, two lovelorn cops, two unusual women: one a big-time heroin dealer in deep trouble with her bosses after the cargo disappears, the other a mischievous bartender who inadvertently gets hold of the keys to his apartment, all shot in a breathless kaleidoscope of colour and hand-held camerawork to create a mesmerising portrait of Hong Kong in the 1990s.
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Chungking Express (Hong Kong)
Wong Kar Wai, 1994, 98 minutes, UK:12
Two stories, two lovelorn cops, two unusual women: one a big-time heroin dealer in deep trouble with her bosses after the cargo disappears, the other a mischievous bartender who inadvertently gets hold of the keys to his apartment, all shot in a breathless kaleidoscope of colour and hand-held camerawork to create a mesmerising portrait of Hong Kong in the 1990s.
Two stories, two lovelorn cops, two unusual women: one a big-time heroin dealer in deep trouble with her bosses after the cargo disappears, the other a mischievous bartender who inadvertently gets hold of the keys to his apartment, all shot in a breathless kaleidoscope of colour and hand-held camerawork to create a mesmerising portrait of Hong Kong in the 1990s.
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