"Chungking Express," for example, tells the story of a melancholy policeman who lives in a crummy one-room apartment with windows that open right onto the escalator.
In "Chungking Express," the Mid-Levels Escalator is used to convey a postmodern urban sadness.
A stray segment from "Chungking Express" became "Fallen Angels," while "2046" bloomed from a kernel first planted in "Days of Being Wild," his 1991 breakthrough film.
Wong Kar-Wai, the director of visually innovative, cerebral films like "Chungking Express" and the recent "Happy Together," has gained enough international prominence to keep working regularly.
Fallen Angels can be seen as a companion piece to Chungking Express.
He did "Chungking Express," so I'm anxious to see what he is up to.
Dinah Washington s song was featured in Chungking Express, one of the most artistic Chinese movies.
Quotes from Chungking Express (at the Internet Archive)
"Fallen Angels" is an offshoot of "Chungking Express" without being a sequel.
The following films were released by Rolling Thunder Pictures: Chungking Express (1994, dir.