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Analysis Of Chungking Express


If I had to describe Wong Kar Wai's 1994 film "Chungking Express" I would describe it as confusing whilst simultaneously being considered as a masterpiece inspiring other directors upon its release. Chunking Express is a film where Wai's stylistic auteur traits show vividly within the film with an example being themes of loneliness, love, and being in a state of solitude within the characters ultimately telling the story rather than having a direct narrative openly tell the story to the audience. Chungking Express in better words can be described as a commentary of city life where the worlds of business and solitude abruptly collide. The film begins with officer 223 being dumped on April fools day. he is seen to be quite too optimistic as he believes the love that he once had will soon blossom again and until then he buys a can of pineapples with the expiry date of May 1st, his birthday. the love he once had does not gain life and he ends up with the conclusion of  "everything in life has an expiry date". after this realization he then goes to the bar and determines to fall in love with the first women he sees thus being the lady with the blonde wig whos involved w trade. fast-forwarding within the movie the lady in the blonde wig kills the man that caused her involvement within the trade and leaves officer 223 a happy birthday message and this point at first glance I believed this film to be over by this point. the film quite literally bumps in too second act Fei who falls in love with another police officer who had also just been dumped. quite weirdly she breaks into his house until eventually being caught and then becoming a flight attendant and meeting the officer she one falls in love with again at the end of the movie. upon the t view of this film, I was left rather confused and disorientated by two similar storylines who both express themes of love and loneliness. to be exact I could say I yearned for more. that yearn and longing feeling I was left with is the feeling intended by Wai for the audience to depict the loneliness in Hong Kong. in fact, the city of Hong Kong is the only thing that actually ties the two storylines adding to the aspect of loneliness. within the opening scene, the officer is seen running through a crowd of people with Wong's Signature step print effect which is used to depict this loneliness. In the scene, you can see that they're a lot of people yet you aren't able to actually make out a face within the scene. as the scene progresses the tight corridors that the officer goes through only amplifies the loneliness that these people share. the film was produced in the span of 2 months with most of the script being written as the days went on during production thus being the reason for the film being quite disorientating. however, with this in mind 

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