Chungking Express (1994)

STARS...........: Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung DIRECTOR........: Kar-Wai Wong WRITERS.........: Kar-Wai Wong GENRE...........: Comedy, Crime, Drama IMDB............: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109424 RUNTIME.........: 1h 42mn SIZE............: 5.56 GB VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4) BITRATE.........: 7000 Kbps (2-pass) RESOLUTION......: 1800x1080 ASPECT RATIO....: 1.67:1 FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps AUDIO1..........: Cantonese E-AC3 5.1 640kbps AUDIO2..........: Commentary by Asian cinema critic Tony Rayns SUBTITLES.......: ENG SOURCE..........: Criterion Blu-ray ENCODE DATE.....: 2021-03-13

The whiplash, double-pronged Chungking Express is one of the defining works of 1990s cinema and the film that made Wong Kar Wai an instant icon. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung Chiu Wai), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out food 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 & the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” into tokens of romantic longing.

Extras

• Audio commentary featuring noted Asian cinema critic Tony Rayns. • A 1996 episode of the British television series Moving Pictures featuring interviews with Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle. • Original Trailer • U.S. Theatrical Trailer