The Cinema of Wong Kar Wai Chungking Express 4K Restoration

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  • Run time: 102 minutes Subject to change
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The film that made Wong Kar Wai an icon

Hong Kong | 1994 | Cantonese with English subtitles | Drama, Romance | M

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.

Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out restaurant stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Faye Wong) works. Anything goes in Wong’s gloriously shot and utterly unexpected charmer, which cemented the appeal of its gorgeous stars and forever turned canned pineapple and the Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” into tokens of romantic longing.

Presented by Sydney Opera House

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Cast and credits

Wong Kar Wai
Director, Producer and Writer

Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Cop 663

Takeshi Kaneshiro
Cop 223

Faye Wong
Faye

Valerie Chow
Flight attendant

Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia
Woman in blond wig

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Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

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The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

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