And so neon Coca-Cola and McDonald’s signs throb with yearning (product placement hasn’t had this much meaning since Andy Warhol). Wong isn’t interested in their stories, but their moods-and the cinematic ways he can express them. Don’t get too attached to any of these characters or their narratives, however gorgeous and enchanting they may be. There are essentially four central characters: a woman (Brigitte Lin) who coordinates a drug-smuggling operation while disguising herself beneath sunglasses and a blond wig a detective (Takeshi Kaneshiro) pining over a different, unseen woman who recently dumped him and a beat cop (Tony Leung) whose own failed romance with a flight attendant opens up the door for a potential relationship with a server (Faye Wong) at the snack shop he frequents. Whatever ineffable thing Wong Wong Kar-wai does-let’s call it despondent extravagance-he distilled it into its purest form with Chungking Express, his third film and the one that put the Hong Kong filmmaker on the international map.
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