Chungking Express

There are very few directors like Wong Kar-wai whose style really takes over their story telling. While his story telling is not bad (its great actually) his direction, music, editing, and slow motion combine to create a unique out look on the world and the creation of his story. His films are visual and emotional-invoking and loved by critics from In The Mood For Love and Happy Together. The best directors are those who dare to do what no one else is doing, its


The film was made back in 1994 in Hong Kong and follows two stories that are connected by one restaurant. In the first story we follow a cop who is obsessed with the girl he has just been dumped by. As the story continues he looks for love at a bar at meets a woman in a blonde wig, she is a drug smuggler trying to get revenge for being set up. The second story follows another cop who is also dealing with a break up who meets Faye who works ar a restaurant. Faye becomes obsessed with the cop, breaking into his apartment even, as she tries to get his love in return.