Chungking Express
If my memory of her has an expiration date, let it be 10,000 years...
If my memory of her has an expiration date, let it be 10,000 years...
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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1994
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Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.
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Runtime:
103 min
Release date:
14 Jul 1994
Country:
HK
Languages:
English, Chinese, Panjabi, Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Japanese, cn
Budget:
$160,000
Revenue:
$1,000,000
Awards:
8 wins & 19 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
I've never been a big fan of technique that calls attention to itself, but Wong's frenetic blend of slow motion, pixilation, rushing backgrounds and frozen foregrounds (or vice versa) is as integral to this movie as its bubbly story and characters.
– Jeff Shannon,
Seattle Times,
28 May 2014
fresh:
[Wong's] hypnotic images of love and loss finally wear down your resistance as seemingly discordant sights and sounds coalesce into a radiant, crazy quilt.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2014
fresh:
Chungking Express is a breezy little Hong Kong movie that has more life, energy, humanity and sheer visual zing than most other shows you'll see in a month or so.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2014
rotten:
Dull it is not, but Wong's trademark sense of romantic melancholy fails to jell amid all the excess.
– Dave Kehr,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2014
fresh:
It's the cinematic equivalent of popcorn on a hot stove with jump-cut shots, freeze frames, stirringly beautiful images and boundless energy.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
28 May 2014