Chungking Express / California Dreamin'

[@bellass4744]

this film was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life.

[@doalma8162]

Me too, I feel like that too.

[@qtubedits]

Overrated crap from a director whose showing hong Kong or china that doesn't exist. Cheap imitation of western culture (Although there's nothing wrong with the culture at all) just to look cool is pathetic.

[@cryptocine1011]

i think that’s part of showcasing western culture through any international film though. like, everyone likes to “imitate” western culture. globalization has circulated many western cultural aspects throughout the globe. you can see people speaking different languages throughout the movie, but the common lingua franca is english. this is present in many non-american films. i’m sorry if i misunderstood your comment. anyway, we are all entitled to our own opinions; one can think this movie is overrated if they feel it.

[@remka2000]

Nick Edits Not China but HK, a while ago. Also WKW was not talking about China, but about his very romantic vision of people in Chungking Mansions. Your comment is like saying Truffaut's Day for Night is about american culture. It's ok to have little culture : just don't spread it too thin :)

[@Piyestagram]

@@qtubedits i think youre just racist

[@J-Hz]

Love this movie...reminds me of this quote from Haruki Murakami - "Chance encounters are what keeps us going."

[@kelvinlee8919]

what a quote!

[@LP-lj9ig]

Love me some Murakami.

[@bozuteru2160]

Funny enough, Kar-wai cited Murakami as a major inspiration for when he was writing the script!

[@daphneglasurus7886]

Which book is that from?

[@AbishekIlancheran]

It is from a short story chance traveller from blind Willow sleeping woman

[@randoceans]

This transition from the first story to the second is excellent.............the way the editor gave the second protagonist an entry....makes audiences feel that they were waiting for this character to arrive the whole time......i remember while watching the film.i was like....now the movie has begun..and it was worth it..especially with tht kind of music...wow....

[@stevebryant4564]

“So she really likes chef salad?” “Maybe she’s just used to it” Manages to summarize human relationship in two sentences.

[@djbillybool8173]

damn, that’s so real

[@fayebaesama]

It’s actually a foreboding metaphor that his girlfriend is really just used to him but not in love with him, because later on his girlfriend leaves him.

[@nl2488]

a 10 year old little boy skipped his afternoon class and watched this movie; then he fell in love with Dinah Washington and songs of 60's; then he kept wondering what California looked like; then he decided to go to California; and now he lives in San Francisco Bay.............this boy is me...........

[@Re-io3wy]

wow beautiful story i want to go to california too☉❤

[@timbuktu777]

hope it's not too expensive

[@Terranjourneys]

Florist Land feel like I just watched a movie

[@markiana-]

:👙

[@socrazy02]

What a romantic story....

[@RatatRatR]

Rarely does a movie take ownership of a song as thoroughly as this.

[@endingalaporte]

1:12 never thought a random guy saying "chef salad" would be so badass and greaty filmed

[@marmiksaini]

Well, that's Tony Leung.

[@relaxedphylax]

eeEEEEEEeeeyy....

[@minmin7413]

0:09 GIVE ME CHILLS EVERY TIME

[@PatrickTouma]

Yes. There's somethint beautiful about abandoning one story completely in the middle of the movie and wondering what will happen in the next one.

[@filipbong]

CE is very sensually Hong Kong and very iconic Wong Kar-wai. The way Tony Leung was 'introduced' into the film as CD started to play was a delightful transition and brilliant cinema.

[@KimSooLee]

Definitely! ^_^ Ji

[@poleag]

"Sensually Hong Kong." That's it exactly. I have been away from Hong Kong for several years now, but whenever I watch this film or hear this music, I experience a rush of memories and feel like I am there again for a moment.

[@DrVonNostrand]

8 years later do you still like using abbreviations?

the shot from 0:09 - 0:29 is cinematic perfection. perfection.

[@kingbobombfan]

leading man moment

[@theroadtoria]

After watching this movie this song will never leave your head.

[@andyzhang7890]

This song and Faye’s character are I’ve been able to think about all week

[@fz8376]

@@andyzhang7890 the blonde woman for me.

[@KetsubanSolo]

​@@andyzhang7890 my sister loved this movie so much that she uses Faye's character as a model for art studies.

[@andyzhang7890]

@@KetsubanSolo honestly so real, I have a character in my comic that takes major inspo from her

[@seanconnathon]

1:17 this exclamation is awesome. I fall in love with her character every time i watch this film at this moment.

[@janevivian24]

This song just seeps into your mind and doesn't leave after finishing the film

[@muradagayev5892]

I watched this movie 2 days ago and still this song is in my mind all day :d (Well, I am not displeased.)

[@e.tdolan1359]

I love hong kong. beautiful city.beautiful peoples. now, I'm crying. from japan

[@stan0413]

People who love the REAL, OLD Hong Kong are all crying

[@SainyaHokage]

because HK under the rule of the CCP is the end of freshness and inventivity. Now they obey the Han rule or they go to jail.

[@thania2799]

This girl makes me love this fucking song

[@LhasaThailand]

This movie is easily in my top 5 best movies ever, but definately my number one when it comes to nostalgia. Seen it atleast 20 times. Fell madly in love with brigitte when i first watched it when i was like 10 years old.

[@sirinnnnnnnn6887]

Happy​ Together​ also​ good​ to​ watch

[@andyzhang7890]

Same, just watched this the other day and its probably in my top 5 movies now, feels like I discovered a long-lost part of myself

[@matheusdiassc]

Dude, like... I just dont have words, for how beautiful this is. Like, every movement, every look, the way she looks for a second after coming back to the balcony.

[@deborah5653]

I keep falling in love with Tony whenever I see this movie.

[@sarahl9398]

A sublime movie ... grew up on HK cinema and cantopop, but nothing compares to how life changing discovering your first WKW films is. Thank you WKW for your surreal, dreamy works.

[@eduardocalix8834]

- "You like loud music" - "The louder the better. Idon't have to think" And then, this: 1:12 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF CINEMA!

[@CosmicVenom]

i knew nothing about this movie...my friend asked me to watch it....98 minutes later....i fell in love with it.

[@stefsrevilla9736]

LITERALLY ME

[@fz8376]

You guys have friends with good taste, then there are my friends who rarely watch a marvel movie

[@CAPSHAKE]

The clip starts with the shifting of two tectonic plates. One of the great transitions in movie history.

[@mathieusineiro]

Best street/romantic scene ever

[@mmmac80]

This film changed my whole life, my future. I love you Faye.

[@gloria7190]

I love this movie so much. I will never forget how the beauty hit me the first time I watched it

[@NinaC]

Gloria For me as well. Gosh that magical scene when Faye was rearranging his apartment is just too good.

[@halamazayen3697]

5 days later and i’m still thinking about this movie since I’ve seen it.

[@liamnash3102]

This film is a gift to cinema.

[@andyzhang7890]

Just watched this movie a few days ago, and still I haven’t been able to get this scene out of my head. Felt like I’d found a long-lost part of myself watching this movie.

[@ReviewCrap]

Every six months or so, I revisit this movie (and usually follow up with Fallen Angels). I've heard that the actual restaurant the "Midnight Express" that this scene was shot in is now a 7-11.... is nothing sacred!

[@Rikkusensei]

+I Review Crap! :'(

[@BrandonHilikus]

+I Review Crap! i love this movie and fallen angles

[@Wagon_Queen_Family_Truckster]

It is indeed a 7-11. I visited the location earlier this year.

[@Liverpoolsuper56]

somehow everything comes with an expiry date.......

[@kiy5278]

A damn shame

[@siddharthamukhopadhyay2253]

FAYE WONG 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@sarahl9398]

One of my favorite movies ever. Thank you WKW for your beautiful works. Today is Faye Wong's birthday 💕

[@TheMrXXLgames]

I don't really know why but I love this scene !

[@flyingneedle]

1:11 -- Totally iconic. Etched in my brain forever.

[@ameliaszczepanska3382]

Impossible not to have a crush on Tony Leung when he takes his cap off

[@brokedownsystem]

I love watching this movie late night, it still hasn't gotten old.

[@sarah2853]

one of my fave scenes!!!! i love the voiceover and tony leung walking into the shop, with that music in the background.

[@lovelysuji]

왕가위 감독 영화 다 좋음!! >.< I love the old of Toni leung chiu wai, though he is still so much handsome ^^

[@viseversa6161]

In korea, there are many lovers of this movie. It's very sensitive and like reading a novel and like a smell of dawn. I think this movie is well made thing about non-histrical but visiontic of that generation or period.

[@MrUtah1]

I love the freeze-frame with voiceover narration at the start of the clip. Kinda like the freeze-frames in Scorsese’s Goodfellas but still works very well in a completely different movie Also, the shot at 1:13 gives me chills

[@miharu4185]

so gay for faye

[@alwaysrenner]

ハージョーMiharu yes!!🧡

[@gabriela-xh5sn]

omg yes

[@nightmare-nightmarenightma1147]

I love coming back to this video every few years

[@casualAudience]

this is my comfort movie

[@xose2863]

The great Tony Leung deserves that grand entrance in the film.

[@AngelofMusic04]

Between this and the use of Bobby Womack's cover in Fish Tank, I think California Dreamin' is shaping up to be one of my all time favorite songs.

[@eloy618]

Faye really did a brilliant job in Chungking Express, but she is usually renowned as a singer-songwriter rather than an actress. Her song 'Eyes on Me' was much well-known.

[@kenbb]

Tony Leung might be the best actor in the movie histry so far.

[@ZakiOnTheRock]

トニーレオンもフェイオンも可愛かった。いい時代だったな。

[@BestFenerbahceFan]

i remember when i watched this movie back in 2008. damn good memories this movie is magical

[@AmandaWithLov3]

Amazing cinematography! It had me in a spell!

[@mayamagination]

they were so beautiful together

[@Jackosityman1993]

Brilliant, brilliant scene. Infectious song, too!

[@tickytrick]

This is my favorite part in the movie!!!

[@randoceans]

also..to add...........i think this film is special becuase it has the timeless appeal.........i had no idea tht this film was from 1994 when I watched it (in 2009).............i felt so bad the moment i found out tht this film is old....its like i felt i missed out on a generation of movies and celebrities.......every1 in this film..is really old now...thts kinda sad.....i gotto noe them too late...........the girl who played faye was awesome

[@meowco69]

A masterpiece.

[@flyingneedle]

Someday, I will do that dance with the ketchup bottle and funnel.

[@treeoflife7151]

Someday I'll go to Hong Kong.

[@666ulf]

Good luck with that

[@meteorite9919]

Me too

[@Jonosan]

This movie is a monumental achievement in filmmaking.

[@adisonho1697]

黃家衛&梁朝偉呢對黃金組合創造出一部神一般的電影，California Dreaming的旋律多年還縈繞心中不退

[@raleighvar]

I think this may be one of my favorite scenes ever and I haven't even watched the movie yet.

[@MrBread0000]

Hong Kong at its best. sadly all in the past now.

[@superharuhifan]

What happened to Hong Kong?

[@fentanyl427]

+Takumi Fujiwara fucked by china

[@MrBread0000]

Where do I even begin T.T ?

[@ronbe1109]

there are still good movies. people needto stop living in this past.

[@MrBread0000]

I am talking about Hong Kong at its best, generally, not movies.

[@endingalaporte]

What a great line "Chef salad" hahahahhaa

[@pettycur]

Maybe not Wong Kar Wai's best film, but certainly my favourite. Faye Wong is sooooo beautiful!

[@josephine1465]

It's best film of Wong Kar Wai, what are you talking about?

[@pettycur]

@@josephine1465 Maybe it is. I did say it was my favourite, after all ! Happy Together I think I've only seen once and at the time I thought it was pretty good too. Then there's In The Mood for Love, not only because of Maggie Cheung (and Tony Leung) and the hypnotic tune... So, you see, I'm not in disagreement with you, I'm just hedging my bets!

[@solidus32]

one of my favorite scenes of all time

[@MorningCoffeeO]

我是个韩国人。 这时候的香港是我的梦想 是我的20年代，好想念那时的， 比韩国更有自有的国家而有好浪漫的，但是现在的情况是完全相反了，目前的香港是完了就崩溃了， 你看那时候的警察这么又酷又帅啊，通过视频看一看现在的警察这么残忍啊，我绝对支持香港独立和自有。 I love HongKong.

[@expansiveful]

perfect,contemporean best love filmaker MASTER WONG KAR-WAI

[@LiberatrFilms]

In the top 3 Hong Kong movies

[@levanabrzeni]

35 years ago Faye created an image of 2020s girls

[@SickoSchizoArc]

I have goosebumps right now

[@pseudopulk3478]

You watch Takeshi Kaneshiro, one of the most beautiful men in the world & think, she falls in love with another man??? Then Tony Leung walks up to the camera, looking very generic so far, then he takes off his hat and you're like: ...OH.

[@里中加代子]

フェイウオンが凄く可愛い。懐かしいです。

[@RobTheBuilder]

With this film, totally yes.

[@romilrh]

What's funny is the title of this video could be referring to like 7 different scenes in the film

[@che6726]

definitely my favorite movie

[@Jackosityman1993]

@RojahYang It follows different stories of different people. The film is based on the element of change and expiration (you'll notice this when watching). One story ends and another begins. (Change).

[@chrisbano9216]

I always love this scene where the first cop bumps into the girl but it’s not him that falls in love with her, He introduces another cop that he will fall in love with her.

[@costicamitu7890]

I watch this movie 6 times

[@treeoflife7151]

Well spent 612 minutes.

[@kennethwong8843]

@@treeoflife7151 only six times?

[@thangta3858]

like if you watched the movie more than once in the first two days itself

[@ZeShaggy]

Absolutely. Could not say it better

[@stutzedward]

Love d way Faye's move along with d music.

[@2012siukit]

no homo, but gotta say tony is the coolest policeman i've ever seen :D

[@breakaway2x]

Cinematic beauty....90s were the best. Why do I have to live in 2024 crap lol.

[@天使之翼-g7y]

I love this movie so much.

[@jonathanperez2966]

Quizás sea el comentario en español que buscas, es algo raro pero si, ví la misma película que tú y quiero que sepas que me encantó

[@Andrea-mi7xu]

Nunca la había visto hasta ayer, me dio covid y tuve tiempo de ver esta joya

[@samsw0924]

I LOVE TONY LEUNG

[@MultiFunfunfunny]

良き時代

[@thefifthstage369]

This movie is so fucking cool!!!

[@deaday]

This is a masterpiece by any standard.

[@voidofambition]

It's my dream to have Wong Kar Wai, Takashi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung, Jacky Cheung, Christopher Doyle and if only, Leslie Cheung to make a film together again...

[@miraslala6782]

love this movie

[@GetAtlasMedia]

This movie is my Sistine Chapel.

[@treeoflife7151]

This comment is my David.

[@bozenabarisic2223]

Absolutely love this scene.

[@herfish6584]

this is dope i love faye

[@muymaglaya4354]

my favorite scene from this!

[@TerinaGalantina]

Brilliant movie❤❤

[@tatonner]

beautiful.

[@DavidGarciax]

Amo esta película como todas las películas de WKW.

[@cinefaga]

subtitulada en un dvd que me compre y doblada al español esta colgada en youtube,suerte!!

[@maneesh541]

Love happened, Marry me faye wong

[@indiragoutam7401]

+Maneesh G if not him, marry me :P

[@maneesh541]

+Indira Mohanty No No and No you can take the Blonde in 1st story and I'll buy you a chef salad as well

[@gloria7190]

@@maneesh541 LMAO your answer hahaha I will take Tony Leung and fries with that, thank you

[@mitchmclean3898]

I'm in love with that woman

[@flyingneedle]

1:12 is incredible.

[@imhellag]

oh man. i just got it.

[@wisdomandchange777]

I LOVE this movie !