Chungking Express

Details

Release year: 1994

Storyline

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

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Did you know

• Since 'Chungking Express' was filmed in sequence or "like a road movie" as Wong Kar-Wai has said, Wong wrote each scene either the night before or in the morning of the day of filming.

• The filmmakers were sued by the people living below the apartment that was flooded for one scene. The apartment was on the third floor and both levels below it suffered water damage.

• A third segment was written but Wong Kar-Wai felt that the film was complete without it. The third story formed the basis of Fallen Angels (1995).

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $600,200

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $32,779 (1996-03-10)

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Technical specs

Sound mix

4-Track Stereo, Dolby SR

Aspect ratio

1.66 : 1

Color

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