880-01 Chongqing sen lin [videorecording] = Chung king express / Miramax Films ; a Rolling Thunder picture ; Jet Tone Production Co. Ltd. ; written and directed by Wong Kar-Wai ; presented by Chan Yi-Kan ; produced by Lau Chun-Wai.
Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro. Originally produced as a Hong Kong motion picture in 1994. Special features: Commentary [optional audio feature]; "Moving Pictures" [featurette] (12 min.); U.S. Theatrical trailer (2 min.); booklet includes the essay "Electric Youth" by Amy Taubin.
Contents:
0.01 cm. -- May -- Benjamins and lifestyles -- Deadlines -- Expiration -- Hits -- Thirty cans -- First woman -- Room service -- Happy birthday -- Changes -- Another man -- Flights -- Canceled -- Loneliness -- Helping hands -- Dreamer -- Excuses -- Home improvement -- Stuck -- Noticing things -- Caught -- California -- Washed-out -- One year -- New destination -- Color bars.
Summary:
A greasy Hong Kong fast-food joint serves as the focal point for two off-kilter love stories about two cops, both told from multiple perspectives and exploring the fragility of human connections. Detective 223, dumped by his girlfriend, buys a can of pineapple every day which he will eat in a year, if she hasn't changed her mind and returned to him. Meanwhile, he falls in love with a bewigged drug smuggler. Detective 663, also dumped, falls for nutty counter girl Faye. Possibly unhinged by her habit of constantly listening to an ear-shattering rendition of "California Dreamin'," Faye falls for him and begins sneaking into his apartment, rearranging the furniture, cleaning the place up and further weakening his already-shaky grasp on reality.
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