Chungking Express

I can’t lie, this film put me on WKW. His cinematic layering between the low fps action scenes to the flowy yet seductive romance scenes, atop his beautiful colors, make this film outstanding already. Yet, the thematic that drives the two featured narratives in this film accurately press at how fleeting love and moments of high desire take shape in a world of constant (and rapid) change, never allowing for such feelings to ever settle satisfyingly—which some point to as a nod to the imminent HK handover. Nonetheless, this film shows the dumb things we do when we’re in love.