3 things about Wong Kar-wai’s CHUNGKING EXPRESS

Chungking Express [1994]

1. He eats 30 cans of pineapple, all with an expiration date of May 1, 1994.
2. The power goes out at the restaurant because she hasn’t paid the electric bill. They light candles everywhere. The cooks sing Happy Birthday.
3. She begins to write out a boarding pass on a sheet of tissue paper. She asks him where he’d like to go. “Anywhere you’d like to take me,” he replies.

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