Hong Kong Express

Titolo originale: 重慶森林
Regia: Wong Kar-Wai |
Anno: 1994
Origine: Hong Kong |
Generi: Dramma Commedia Romance
Tag: drug smuggling | police | ex-girlfriend | girlfriend | snack bar | romance | hong kong | expiration date | flight attendant | cleaning | relaxed | hilarious | romantic | joyful |
Cast: Brigitte Lin | Takeshi Kaneshiro | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Faye Wong | Valerie Chow | Piggy Chan Kam-Chuen | Kwan Lee-Na | Leung San | Zhiming Huang | Liang Zhen | Vickie Eng | Lynne Langdon | Thom Baker | Joh Chung-Sing Rico |

Opera del 1994, Hong Kong Express è diviso in due episodi: i protagonisti sono due poliziotti (che nel film vengono indicati con i numeri 223 e 663), entrambi reduci dalla fine di un rapporto d'amore, e ancora non rassegnati a continuare la loro vita. E' un film molto delicato, che ci introduce nella vicenda gradatamente, presentandoci prima gli effetti e poi le cause. Girato in poco più di tre mesi, facendo larghissimo uso della camera a mano, con stile più da videoclip musicale che da film classico e un budget ridottissimo, offre diversi spunti interessanti tanto nei contenuti e nel modo con il quale vengono presentati allo spettatore, che nella tecnica. La regia è sicura, vivace nonostante i frequentissimi cambi di scena, o le lunghe inquadrature "sulla tristezza" dei personaggi.

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The script for this arose within the two-month period when production on Kar-Wai Wong's film As [...] D
Cop 663's apartment is in fact the apartment of Christopher Doyle, the cinematographer for that [...] D
Kar-Wai Wong modeled Brigitte Lin's character after Gena Rowlands in John Cassavetes's Gloria - [...] D
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #453. D
Was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the "Best of Film 1996" at position #8 in the in their ye [...] D
Takeshi Kaneshiro speaks four languages in this film. His narration is all in Mandarin, most of [...] D
This film was shot, edited, and released while Kar-Wai Wong was on hiatus from the shooting of [...] D
The film was shot in 23 days. D
The film's split structure came from the need to whip up the movie in short order. D
The Chinese title translates as "Chungking Jungle." D
The two stories were shot by different cinematographers. Andrew Lau, who shot Kar-Wai Wong's fi [...] D
Although the film says it's "introducing" Faye Wong, her first film role was actually in Beyond [...] D
Originally, Brigitte Lin's character was meant to be a retired actress and Cop 223 was assigned [...] D
Director Barry Jenkins has described this film to be formative in his artistic development and [...] D
A third segment was written but Kar-Wai Wong felt that the film was complete without it. The th [...] D
Ranked number 56 non-English-speaking film in the critics' poll conducted by the BBC in 2018. D
In the primary story, Faye can be seen purchasing the large Garfield stuffed animal that she wo [...] D
Since 'Chungking Express' was filmed in sequence or "like a road movie" as Kar-Wai Wong has sai [...] D
Faye Wong is better known in Hong Kong as a pop singer. Indeed, that is her singing on the cove [...] D
Vickie Eng's debut. D
Veteran actress Brigitte Lin came out of retirement to have a starring role in the film as the [...] D
The original ending involved Faye meeting Cop #663 at the airport and the two characters flying [...] D
The filmmakers were sued by the people living below the apartment that was flooded for one scen [...] D
Takeshi Kaneshiro, whose character turns 25 in the film, was only 20 when the film was shot. D
The location at which the Midnight Express was located has since been transformed to a 7-Eleven [...] D
The title is an amalgamation of two "landmarks" in Hong Kong. 1) Chungking Mansions, a drug-fil [...] D
Shu Kei, film critic and professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Hong Kong, said actress [...] D
California Dreamin' by The Mamas and the Papas is played six times in the movie. D
Quentin Tarantino signed a deal with Miramax specially to start his own releasing company so th [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die," edited by Steven Schneider. D
This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd. D

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