Cate Crafter

Wong Kar-wai's films are cult classics of 90's Hong Kong Cinema. Here I discuss Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love after watching them recently.

Chungking Express stars Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung as two lovelorn Hong Kong police officers. They encounter two very different women, Brigette Lin's mysterious sunglasses and trenchcoat-wearing femme fatale and Faye Wong's Manic Pixie Dream Girl snack bar worker Faye.

In the Mood for Love stars Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung as neighbours Mrs Chan a secretary and Mr Chow a journalist, as they try to figure out how and why their respective spouses started cheating on them with each other. Feelings soon creep up, and romance blossoms between the two.

Let me know in the comments section whether you have seen these films and if you have what you thought?

Also if you know where to get a hold of DVD’s of Fallen Angels and Happy Together without having to break the bank here in the UK please let me know as I can’t quite stomach buying a DVD second hand for £50!!! And the rather stunning blu-ray boxset of Wong Kar-wai’s films is a hefty £149 currently and some people are saying there is an error on some of the discs!!!