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Chungking Express
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- 1When was Chungking express released and who directed it1994
Wong Kar wai - 2The openingThrust into the action of the streets of Hing kong
Blurred screen images because of the handheld camera
Fast pace non diegetic music- reflects the busy lifestyle
First frame of cop223 represents identity because they are known by their number- don't really get and introduction to him
Time in film world is disrupted and there is an obsession with precision '9:00' 0.01cm
Disruption of the film with narrative
Framing and positioning of characters is often not central, either in foreground or background or blurred
The dialogue used doesn't seem purposeful
Mise en scene of food reset errant but main focus in cop 223
2 people called May which messes with identity in the film
'I love you a million years' password for his pager, senitmental - 3Bar scene'I will fall in love with the first person who walks into the bar'- showing that to him women are interchangeable
Characteristic shots focus not in one particular thing but move between the foreground and back ground
Woman in blonde wig p- figure of authority and cop 223 is being submissive and she is not interested
Fragment shot, upside down collidiscope view, shot is repeated invisible technique - 4End of the first storyTrap the guy in the bar and shoots him- linked to drugs
Focus on tin- links to cop223 and pineapples which the cats are feeding on
Throws down the blonde wig- maybe a hopeful beginning for her
See her as she looks as the big film star she is -Bridget Lynne
Talk about women like they are some kind of commodity - 5Second storyMid shot of cop 223 in the cafe then '6 hours later she fell in love with some one else'
Lack of continuity with cop663
Camer angles- POV through glass she wipes window blurring the shot making convo not happen in middle of,screen
Tunnel framed shot which isn't as clear as kne used in mainstream film
Rolling camera following her moping with no real reason - 6ThemesHistorical
Change
Culture - 7CultureDrug culture showin in the process of them being smuggles reflecting the youth
Popular music at the time was canto poo night of popularity in 80's and 90's before slow decline - 8Historical1984 Beitain and china sign a joint deceleration on the conditions under which Hong Kong revert to C rule
1997 fully handed over - 9ChangeChange was huge for those living in Hong Kong
Was used this as his main theme in the film to illiterate the sense if identity in which people living in Hong Kong were trying to find - 10Background informationShot in 23 days
Wrote each scene the morning or night before it was shot
He had specific locations where he wanted it to be shot - 11Critical responseNorth A had a positive response
Rottin Tomatoes had 96% approval rating
1 neg review out of 28
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