Film: Chungking Express
This is one of the iconic films of the 90s and Quentin Tarantino's favourites.
- Date
- Thu November 27, 2025 7:30PM
- Location
- Upstairs, The Sydenham Centre, 44A Sydenham Road, SE26 5QX
Overview
Chungking Express, 1994, Wong Kar-Wai, 1hr 42mins, Cert 12
"This is the birth of two cinema legends: director Wong Kar-wai (In The Mood For Love, Happy Together, 2046) and cinematographer Christopher Doyle.
This is what happens when two heartbroken policemen cross paths at Midnight express - a take away food stand in the busy, multilayered streets of Hong Kong.
And this is how they fall in love again with two completely different, deceptively easily defined women: an older femme fatale with a blonde wig and a younger, ethereal pixie waitress.
But who is innocent and who is guilty? Is it possible to simply be one or the other? And where coincidences stop and fateful meetings begin?
Impossibly beautiful to look at while narratively raw, quirky and unexpected, this is the art of cinema at its best. Innovative, ageless, wide-eyed, heartfelt."