Details | Available in DC, Maryland, and Virginia from June 11–27 Stream it Here: https://mihk2021.eventive.org/welcome Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPCug9jyG9k 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 takeout 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. (Dir.: Wong Kar Wai, Hong Kong, 1994, 102 min., Cantonese with English subtitles) Image courtesy of Janus Films |
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