Wong Kar-wai
1994 • 102 minutes • 1.66:1 • Hong Kong
Spine: #453 Editions: DVD, Blu-Ray
Two heartsick Hong Kong cops cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out restaurant stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye works. 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.
Wong Kar-wai
2000 • 98 minutes • 1.66:1 • Hong Kong
Spine: #147 Editions: DVD, Blu-Ray
With its aching musical soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past decade of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career.