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All movies seen on 12/08/2023

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Chungking Express (1994)

Directed by Wong Kar-wai

Drama | Crime | Comedy

Overview

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.

Rated PG-13 | Length 103 minutes

Actors

Takeshi Kaneshiro | Brigitte Lin | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai | Faye Wong | Valerie Chow | Piggy Chan | Kwan Lee-Na | Wong Chi-Ming | Leung San | Zhiming Huang | Songshen Zuo | Liang Zhen | Rico Chu Tak-On | Vickie Eng | Lynne Langdon | Thom Baker

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

First time viewing on the big screen and it was amazing. Excellent introduction by a geology professor who just knew a shit ton about Hong Kong especially during the period of this film. Was also rather sad and poignant. One of the better intros I’ve heard at IFS. Really set up the film perfectly.

Afterwards walked out to a blizzard with 4” of snow on the ground (and my car). There was no snow when I walked into Muenzinger Auditorium two hours prior. Drive home was terrible and took a long time. Had I known I wouldn’t have gone to the screening. I didn’t get any notification until sometime during the movie that there was an active snowstorm. :-/

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