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The movie can't be easily summarized, if only because it start with one story, [[Halfway Plot Switch|which it abandons on the way]] to continue with another. Arguably, rather than having a plot, it is a depiction of the cramped, hectic, neurosis-inducing but strangely exciting life in contemporary Hong Kong. |
The movie can't be easily summarized, if only because it start with one story, [[Halfway Plot Switch|which it abandons on the way]] to continue with another. Arguably, rather than having a plot, it is a depiction of the cramped, hectic, neurosis-inducing but strangely exciting life in contemporary Hong Kong. |
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* [[Big Eater]]: The first cop eats his way through 30 cans of pineapple to get over his ex, and then several plates of miscellaneous food when Brigitte Lin is sleeping. |
* [[Big Eater]]: The first cop eats his way through 30 cans of pineapple to get over his ex, and then several plates of miscellaneous food when Brigitte Lin is sleeping. |
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* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: 223 can't take a hint if his life depended on it. |
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: 223 can't take a hint if his life depended on it. |
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[[Category:The Criterion Collection]] |
[[Category:The Criterion Collection]] |
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[[Category:Films of the 1990s]] |
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[[Category:Chungking Express]] |
[[Category:Chungking Express]] |