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Thank you Andrew. Making my progress through your list. Wife is happy and content. Looking forward to next night. Probably Fallen Angels, that according to Tarrantino, is like the third part of the Express.
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"Express" raises the bar on expectations of Hong Kong cinema, it's a real gem. Don't neglect the Soundtrack, it greatly adds to the atmospherics; the Deep bassy Cantonese Punk/Rap track while the hitman goes about his business in the gambling den makes almost any scene by Tarantino seem lightweight in comparison. If you liked this: "Killing Zoe" by Roger Avary has a similar level of atmosphere, cinematography, mayhem and wackiness. Tarantino did the screen play for "Zoe".
Hello gware,The film you are describing sounds to me like " Fallen Angels", hit man and all. You're correct
about WKW and his choice of music...the scene and the sounds seem inseparable after having
seen it. There was also some Tricky and Laurie Anderson in the track.Regards,
A.
You're quite right; they played these films back/back here on cable recently, and of course the Hitman scene is "Fallen Angels", kinda got confused as it all ran by like one long film, I haven't been able to actually find the soundtrack yet, but it will be out there somewhere. Laurie Anderson, I actually saw in Concert more years ago than I care to remember; story goes she fell afoul of the IRS in the States and that actually put a stop to her recording and touring... she was really the fashion item at one time and her concert was brilliant... thanks for the heads up on my error there!
I thought the only good moment in Zoe was when she was shrown out naked.I generally hate that type of films. That is why I don't like Tarrantino, even thought he is without a doubt a talented guy. His speach is befitting of his artistic direction - there is mind behind, but it is completely covered with trash. So much trash in fact you start digging through it but quickly give up - it just isn't worth it, as there ARE many alternatives.
Tarantino has only ever had One Story, apart from "Four Rooms", and that's the "Story Of The Failed Robbery"; he can't even leave that theme alone in "From Dawn 'til Dusk". I 100% agree that once you've seen one Tarantino vehicle, you've seen them all; but in "Zoe" I greatly preferred Avary's take on Tarantino's screenplay; and Jean Hughes Anglade's portrayal of the murderous "Eric" is just the vilest portrayal of an Antihero I've yet seen.
Hello Victor,Am delighted to hear that you and your wife enjoyed Chungking Express!
"Which of the two segments did you enjoy most?", is probably the most
asked question after the film. A little background: as I'd mentioned earlier,
the film was shot in about three months-- he wrote the script in the day,
and shot at night most of the way through it , and admitted to not having
a plot in mind until he was in the editing room. He had two DPs for it--
Andrew Lau, who established the style, and later Chris Doyle ( greatest
DP drunk, or so I'm told). Not sure why A Lau left, but HK DPs generally
have really short contracts anyway, in view of the short shooting schedules
they have ( e.g.Johnny To produced 'The Longest Night' was wrapped up
in Macau in something like two weeks !)The cast, just in case you were wondering: Brigitte Lin (woman in blonde wig)
was a huge star ( generally weepies ) in the 70s, and came out of retirement
in the 90s to do a cross-dressing role ( woman playing a man slowly turning
into a woman ) in the gigahit Swordsman 2. The renaissance of her career
probably hit its zenith through the WKW films with her in it ( 'Chungking' and
'Ashes '). It was gutsy move for WKW to make her almost unrecognizable
in Chungking. Takeshi Kaneshiro ( first cop) is one of the hottest idols in Japan
..prepubescent girls have been known to begin lactating in his presence. He is
part Chinese, and both he and Brigitte were originally from Taiwan. The girl
from the fast food place, Wong Fei, is a singing sensation from Beijing.
She is very, very,very big. It was also her first screen role, if I am not mistaken.
The second cop, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, has been in most of WKW's films, and
he won the Palme whatchamacallit for Best Actor for In The Mood last year (or was it
the year before last, I can't recall )There are japanese 'Fan Tours' today in HK tracing the path the characters in the film
take: from the airport, to Chungking Mansions, to California ( the bar, that is ), and
all points in between.Hope you enjoy the rest of the films!
A.
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That's how many cans Takeshi Kaneshiro ended up eating to shoot his scene. Wong Kar-Wai asked Kaneshiro what food he hated and when he replied "canned pineapple," that was the food chosen for his "self-torture" in that scene. There is a method to Kar-Wai's improvised madness, similar to Mike Leigh.
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