Love comes and brings us light and joy, but it also goes and leaves us feeling empty and needing fulfillment. The first story is mainly about the sadder side of love. Is it possible that the next person you fall in love with could be a notorious heroin smuggler or the counter girl at the express luncheonette counter? Wong Kar-Wai, the writer/director of Chungking Express seems to think so. Within the course of 24 hours we can influence someone's life (for better or worse) so deeply that they will never forget us. The Hong Kong cut was released on VHS/laserdisc by World Video and on VHS/LD/DVD by Mei Ah.Įvery day we interact with people. The international cut is Wong's preferred version and has been used for most home video releases. The international version strips out the music (leaving only ambient noise), although "Dreams" still appears at the end of the film. In the Hong Kong version, the Faye Wong cover of "Dreams" plays over the shot of 663 drinking coffee.The sequence with Zhiwu loitering outside his girlfriend's window appears earlier in the international edit.The international version includes the kidnapping of an Indian girl, which does not occur in the Hong Kong version.Indian music plays during the smugglers' arrival at the airport in international prints in the Hong Kong version, the title theme plays.
'Kar Wai Wong' made several changes to the international version, bringing the running time to 102 minutes: The original Hong Kong release ran 98 minutes.
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