453 - Chungking Express (1994)
We are joined by Michael Patrick Jann, film and television writer/director and member of The State to discuss his personal pick: Wong Kar-wai\u2019s frenetic romantic masterpiece Chungking Express. \xa0Two stories, each with a lovesick cop (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung) and a self-possessed woman (Brigitte Lin and Faye Wong) navigating Hong Kong and exploring themes of love, heartbreak, street food, and obsession. \xa0Funny, adorable, charming, tender, and sexy - our protagonists pursue meaningful if momentary connections in the alienating modern world. \xa0But, like, in a gorgeous and experimentally shot kind of way.
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If you would like to watch ahead for next week\u2019s film, we will be discussing and reviewing the three (!) films of Jean Cocteau\u2019s decades-spanning \u201cOrphic Trilogy\u201d: The Blood of a Poet (1930), Orpheus (1950), and Testament of Orpheus (1960).