![]() ![]() The Cranberries song Dreams was covered for this film by Faye Wong, who plays the character of Faye In 1994, the 1997 transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong was on everyone’s mindĬalifornia Dreamin' is probably the best known song that The Mamas & the Papas ever made The character of Faye in this film is an almost perfect example of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl The early films of Wong Kar-Wai were more in the vein of directors like John Woo In the Mood for Love is Wong Kar-Wai’s most celebrated film The original line-up for the CriterionCast podcast was Rudie Obias, Travis George, and my friend Ryan GallagherĪshes of Time was the film Wong Kar-Wai was making when he took a break to make this oneįallen Angels is the “spiritual sequel” to this film Nanook of the North used to be the oldest film in the Criterion Collection, now it’s The Phantom Carriage They did the first episode of their mainline podcast on this very film, go check it out! The location of this film was inspired by the real life craziness of Chungking Mansionsĭavid’s blog, Criterion Reflections, is one of my absolute favoritesĬriterionCast, his other gig, is the best Criterion site I know of. Wong Kar-Wai is an acclaimed director from Hong Kong You can follow the show on Twitter notes: My guest for this month is David Blakeslee, and he’s joined me to discuss the film I chose for him, the 1994 Hong Kong drama film Chungking Express. ![]()
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