Chung King Express

Last night, I saw this amazing flick by Wong Kar Wai. The DVD cover I have, says that the movie is presented by Quentin Tarantino. Did not see him!

The movie tells the story of 2 cops 223 and 663 and is absolutely non linear in its story telling, which suits me fine. Cop 223 is coming off a love affair of 5 years and is trying his best to get over it, by eatng tins of expired pineapple, all dated 1st May 1994, when his life is suddenly punctuated with this drug dealer woman, who has been conned by a bunch of Indians! There is this amazing scene when he is at the bar, with her, desperately trying to impress her. Totally touched my heart and alternately kicked arse at wicked humour. Cop 663 is even more spaced out, since he is trying to recover from a breakup with his flight attendant girlfriend. He speaks to furniture, his shirt (do not miss this scene!), etc and anything else at his house till he discovers this woman at a snack bar.

The best thing about the movie is its adventurousness in the script. Its like the director wanted to do anything that came to his mind and did too, while trying to ensure that the movie remained interesting. And the movie is fantastic. Decent background score too. Thanks to Rishi for pointing this one out. Should be seeing more WKW movies soon.