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	Brigitte Lin	Woman in Blonde Wig
	Tony Leung Chiu Wai	Cop 663
	Faye Wong	Faye
	Takeshi Kaneshiro	He Zhiwu / Cop 223
	Valerie Chow	Air Hostess
	Chen Jinquan	Manager of 'Midnight Express'
	Lee-na Kwan	Richard
	Zhiming Huang	Man
	Liang Zhen	The 2nd May
	Songshen Zuo	Man
	Thom Baker	Drug Dealer
	Rico Chu	Man
	Vickie Eng	Barmaid
	Lynne Langdon	Complaining Customer

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Director	Kar Wai Wong
Writer	Kar Wai Wong
Producer	Pui-wah Chan, Yi-kan Chan, Jeffrey Lau
Musician	Mandingo, Michael Galasso, Roel A. Garcia
Photography	Christopher Doyle, Wai Keung Lau

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Part of the World of Wong Kar Wai collection

With his lush and sensual visuals, pitch-perfect soundtracks, and soulful romanticism, Wong Kar Wai has established himself as one of the defining auteurs of contemporary cinema. Joined by such key collaborators as cinematographer Christopher Doyle; editor and production and costume designer William Chang Suk Ping; and actors Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, Wong (or WKW, as he is often known) has written and directed films that have enraptured audiences and critics worldwide and inspired countless other filmmakers with their poetic moods and music, narrative and stylistic daring, and potent themes of alienation and memory. Whether tragically romantic, soaked in blood, or quirkily comedic, the seven films collected here are an invitation into the unique and wistful world of a deeply influential artist.


Chungking Express
The whiplash, double-pronged Chungking Express is one of the defining works of 1990s cinema and the film that made Wong Kar Wai an instant icon. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung Chiu Wai), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out food stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Faye Wong) works. Anything goes in Wong’s gloriously shot and utterly unexpected charmer, which cemented the sex appeal of its gorgeous stars and forever turned canned pineapple and the Mamas & the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” into tokens of romantic longing.


SPECIAL FEATURES
New, restored high-definition digital transfer with Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack supervised by director Wong Kar Wai, with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary featuring noted Asian cinema critic Tony Rayns
A 1996 episode of the British television series Moving Pictures featuring interviews with Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle
U.S. theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Amy Taubin

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