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...WONG KAR-WAI IS THE world's finest unknown auteur. Unknown, that is, to U.S. audiences. In Asia and Europe the 37-year-old Hong Kong writer-director is either a box-office sensation or a cult hero. Now that Quentin Tarantino's distribution company is releasing Wong's cool-jazzy 1994 romantic comedy Chungking Express, we get to catch...
MOVIES . . . CHUNGKING EXPRESS: "Wong kar-wai is the world's finest unknown auteur," says Corliss. Largely ignored in America, the 38-year-old Hong Kong writer-director is either a box-office sensation or a cult hero in Asia and Europe. The U.S. release of his cool-jazzy 1994 romantic comedy 'Chungking Express' should change that. The plot: two stories set in a late-night, neon Hong Kong. Or, actually, the same story, told twice with cunning variations: a cop thinks he's in love with one woman, then finds he?s drawn to another, more mysterious one. "Chungking has enough...
...Wai' for Joel, who drives the 5:15 shuttle...
...college you can be coached during the matches," Tseng said. "You don't gate that in the juniors. All three coaches [head coach Dave Fish and assistants Greg Russell and Ryu [wai] were really helpful...
...film also does a very good job at examining the culture-clash between Wai-Tung, who is thoroughly Americanized, and his Taiwanese parents. It is obvious from the beginning of the film when Wai-Tung has an awkward encounter with a friend from Taiwan that Wai-Tung no longer feels completely comfortable with Taiwanese life. The conflicts that Wai-Tung feels as he attempts to reconcile his upbringing with the life that he has established in America, ranging from his sexuality to the decorations in his home, are expressed thoughtfully and sensitively throughout the film...