While the Blu-ray and DVDs of The Criterion Collection’s edition of Chunking Express are presently out of print, let’s hope that the film makes it to the. Originally conceived as a segment of Chungking Express only to spin off on its own woozy axis, Fallen Angels plays like the dark, moody flip side of its predecessor as it charts the subtly interlacing fates of a handful of urban loners, including a coolly detached hit. Many thanks to the Criterion Channel for continually expanding my cinematic horizons. Lost souls reach out for human connection amid a glimmering Hong Kong in Wong Kar Wai’s hallucinatory, neon-soaked nocturne. Our next episode we will cover Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits. Chungking Express is challenging, strange, and beautifulreally a unique piece of cinematic art. 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. What do you think of our show? Is there a Criterion Film you would like us to review? Please send you’re feed back: or call our voice mail line 206.339.0513 or follow us on twitter forget to subscribe to our podcast and please leave your reviews in our iTunes feed. Chungking Express: The Criterion Collection The whiplash, double-pronged 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. The winner will receive a $10 gift certificate for The Criterion Store () from The CriterionCast (us).
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