chungking express - Duke University | Program in Arts of the Moving

SHOWCASE
CHRISTOPHER DOYLE
RETROSPECTIVE
Featuring works by one of the most important and influential cinematographers in Asian cinema
CHUNGKING EXPRESS
(Wong Kar Wai, 1994, 98 min, Hong Kong, in Cantonese, English, Japanese, Hindi, & Mandarin w/ English subtitles, Color, BluRay)
-- Introduced by Prof. Carlos Rojas, Dept. of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies!
Chungking Express is among Wong Kar Wai's most exciting films and an early
precursor to the expressive odes to romantic longing that have come to define his
work. The film consists of two stories told in sequence. The first stars Takeshi
Kaneshiro as a cop obsessing over his break-up with a woman named May and his
encounter with a mysterious drug smuggler (Brigitte Lin). The second stars Tony
Leung as a police officer who is roused from his gloom over the loss of his flight
attendant girlfriend by the attentions of a quirky snack bar worker (Faye Wong).
Director Wong Kar Wai and cinematographer Christopher Doyle create a hazy,
dreamlike world that, through stylistic techniques like slow motion and step
printing, heighten the tension of the officers' romantic desires. Winner for Best
Picture/Director/Actor/Editing at the 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards.
TUESDAY
FEB 5 HT
7 PM
GRIFFITH
FILM THEATER
“A near-perfect fusion of form and style, content and substance. One of the great
movies of its decade.” - Dan Jardine, Apollo Guide
FREE!
Sponsored by the Program in the Arts of the Moving Image with support from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation.
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