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Chungking Express
Roxy - Online
Thursday, Feb 4, 2021 10:00 PM
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Cinema Abroad
Clyde Coffee and The Roxy Theater are thrilled to present Cinema Abroad, a series of classic and contemporary foreign films.

The whiplash, double-pronged Chungking Express is one of the defining works of nineties cinema and the film that made Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai an instant icon. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out restaurant stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Faye Wong) works. Anything goes in Wong’s gloriously shot and utterly unexpected charmer, which cemented the sex appeal of its gorgeous stars and forever turned canned pineapple and the Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” into tokens of romantic longing.



Film Info
Series:Cinema Abroad
Run Time:102 min
Release Year:1994
Country:Hong Kong
Genre:Drama/Comedy
Sponsored By:Clyde Coffee
Original Language:Cantonese
Subtitles:Subtitled
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Wong Kar Wai
Cast Members:Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung, Faye Wong
Writers:Wong Kar Wai