The camera does this here, but certainly not always. Essentially, it is supposed to put you into the scene.
Hand-held cameras can be quite nauseating and annoying when noticeable, yet Chungking Express deftly avoids these trappings and instead utilizes the style effectively. Additionally, the film is just simply very well shot. This is very much the case with Chungking Express. It is always lovely when a director's style matches some element of the film and offers its own thematic elements. As the city and even their lives (as cops) run around hectically, their love life and home life remain empty and filled with solitude. The end result is a kinetic and chaotic experience that highlights the loneliness of its protagonists. Stylistically, the film uses a ton of hand-held camera, if not solely hand-held. As such, it is an incredibly cold film, but not emotionless. This is not a romance film, rather it is one about lost love and the pain it can cause. Wong Kar-wai's film may feel as though it is occurring at a distance from the audience, but lines such as these make the film realize that there is no distance at all. Instead, it makes the experience feel incredibly real and authentic. Lines such as these will overcome inadequacies in the film as a whole, as they transcend the medium. For example, one describes how a girl who wished him a happy birthday will live on in his memories forever, only to then wonder when a memory expires. With incredibly written dialogue, Chungking Express brings its two lonely men to life with lines that absolutely touch your soul.
Showing how one can be distressed and left hurt by looking to the past and waiting for it to change, Chungking Express features characters that are so incredibly real, the emotion they communicate cannot be ignored.
Showing how one can be distressed and left hurt by looking to the past and waiting for it to change, Chungking Express features A truly sad and depressing film, Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express is an exploration of loneliness, focused in on two men looking for love in the past in Hong Kong. A truly sad and depressing film, Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express is an exploration of loneliness, focused in on two men looking for love in the past in Hong Kong.
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