Chungking Express

THIS FILM WOULD LOVED THE 1975! (stg im not being shady) 🍍👮🫱🏽‍🫲🏻👮🛄 “In May's eyes, I'm no different from a can of pineapple.” –COP 223“Actually, she did go to California that evening. But it was the other one.” –COP 663 I feel like this is the kind of film that gets taken for granted upon first watch. It has a similar effect to the 500 Days of Summer aftermath. Some viewers may get it right away. Some viewers like me have to sit with it & rethink what we just saw. There are a lot of concepts going on in this film. That said, I’ll talk about LINES.  I view the first part as being all abt perpendicular lines. Both characters had their own definitions of May 1st. They met once, then drifted apart. Which when I think about it, is a melancholically beautiful concept. As for part 2, that one hits different!! They came off as dotted lines to me. Dashed lines as the story built up. Then that line started curving, and I thought they’d never meet again. But eventually, that line became a sphere. And weirdly, that’s exactly how time works. If it’s meant for you, it’ll draw you back into alignment.  All in all, the entire film parallels itself. Time is always moving forward. Nobody really cares about expired cans. You can care for someone w/o needing to be seen. Then it just hits you, how fleeting moments can be in this lifetime. Whatever our concept of time is, this film knows how to question it.  I love how visually pleasing this movie was. But like I said at the start, I need to rewatch it someday.