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Zachary George Najarian-Najafi
25Feb13
More delicious romantic melancholy from Wong Kar-wai, with pork massages.
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garridoa
12Jan13
Makes me sad, but that sadness has nothing to do with the characters or what happens to those characters, it has to do with the aura of the movie. Creating an all-encompassing ambiance of exhaustion and sort-of existential melancholy is much more interesting than to create characters that project those feelings.
There Will Be Josh Schasny
9Dec12
I might rate this higher when I eventually watch it again. Interesting take on Hong Kong action crime that doesn't rely too much on John Woo style. Multiple stories got confusing at times, but you get the hang of it. Better than anything Miike could ever make.
Frankly, Mr. Shankly
5Nov12
what a crazy lovely film. and yes it may look pointless or just like a superficial exercise of style but that's the surface. all those characters, basically lost but deeply charismatic, were trying to add some meaning to their lives and cope with their fears and loneliness, which is kinda what he did in Chungking Express. naturally, the cinematography, that reaches to the absolute perfection, gets all the attention.
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novanindro
30Sep12
trivia trivia everywhere,if you've watched his previous work,you may notice something
Abdul Malik
22Sep12
As close to stylistic perfection as a film can get. It's Wong Kar Wai's most superficial film, which also makes it one of his greatest, simply on the basis of its visuals and energy.
Francisco R.
7Sep12
I found heaps of attitude in this film yet very little content to match its energy, so much so that I ended up resenting its narrative carelessness, as much as I admire Mr. Wong's technique and the genius of Chris Doyle I couldn't help but feel vastly underwhelmed after it ended. It also didn't help that I held my expectations high for this film after the wonderful experience Chungking Express proved to be.
Hang
22Jul12
Again, random characters crossed each other, creating a little of drama, some humor, a few warm moments, ending up with questions about life, the temporary, the me-in-this-world. I can interpret this movie into a million things, or nothing at all, yet love it a lot both ways. It has the vibe of Chungking Express, but gives different, I would say, stronger sentimentality. A must-watch for Wong Kar Wai's fans!
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Pure Fault
3Jul12
This is kind of like a Chungking Express 2... just darker, moodier, and more sensual. Christopher Doyle never ceases to spoil my eyes. I swear he can make anything into eye candy. This was a great ride. Beautiful.
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Zachary Curl
19Apr12
revisiting this movie, along with the rest of Wong Kar-Wai's films lately, i felt that this was his weakest of his early films, but then i saw Takeshi Kaneshiro's character towards the end of this movie and remembered why i love this movie so much and why Wong Kar-Wai is the best.
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Jack Lehtonen
27Dec11
Perhaps cliche in writing about Kar-Wai like this at this point, but there was no other filmmaker who could express the late-night, drunk exhaustion of insomniacs (something he's lost actually). Glaring fluorescent light tubes dominate the vision. Again he expresses through sensual collage (he is cinema's true sensualist). The super 8 footage of the father is one of the most emotional moments in 90s cinema.
kirk caouette
19Oct11
Love the flow and pacing of this film. Inspiring and intoxicating. Narrative is totally flawed and non-sensical to the average film goer but I can't help be mesmerized every time I watch it.
Ryan Nichols
10Oct11
Christopher Doyle owns this movie so much. probably his best cinematography. not WKW's best film, but it's still damn fantastic and I love to watch it.
