light and shadow

Vito 2022-03-25 09:01:10

The two different main lines of the film review constitute the vein of "Chongqing Forest", but the development of the story of "Chongqing Forest" without the forest in Chongqing is so in line with the theme - loneliness, the unique shooting method is still full of emotions today. Fascinating charm, lovelorn emptiness and loneliness blossomed into a beautiful flower of light and shadow in the hands of Wong Kar-wai. The saury will expire, the meat sauce will expire, and even the plastic wrap will expire. In fact, what is more likely to expire is love, and love has no way to mark the shelf life. "Chongqing Forest" uses Chungking Mansions as a metaphor in the Yau Tsim Mong area of ​​Hong Kong. Love is always just passing by, but some are fleeting, and some can last for decades.

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Chungking Express quotes

  • He Zhiwu, Cop 223: Do you... like pineapple?

  • [223 leaves the store]

    He Zhiwu, Cop 223: [voice-over] Somehow everything comes with an expiry date. Swordfish expires. Meat sauce expires. Even cling-film expires. Is there anything in the world which doesn't?

    [to a passing street person]

    He Zhiwu, Cop 223: Buddy, how about some swordfish?

    Street person: [223 gives a can of swordfish to the passing street person. The street person looks at the can and throws it on the ground]

    Street person: It's expired. Don't want it.

    He Zhiwu, Cop 223: You sure?