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Call Number: DVD00727

 

by  Kar-wai Wong; Yi-Kan Chan; Chun-Wai Lau; Qingxia Lin; Tony Chiu Wai Leung; Fei Wang; Takeshi Kaneshiro; Miramax Films.; Rolling Thunder Pictures.; Jet Tone Production Company.; Criterion Collection (Firm);

 

Format: DVD

 

Language: Chinese  

 

Publisher: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, ©2008.

 

Notes:  Originally released in 1994 (102 mins); Special features: Commentary [optional audio feature]; “Moving Pictures” [featurette] (12 min.); U.S. Theatrical trailer (2 min.); booklet includes the essay “Electric Youth” by Amy Taubin;

 

Summary: A greasy Hong Kong fast-food joint serves as the focal point for two off-kilter love stories about two cops, both told from multiple perspectives and exploring the fragility of human connections. Detective 223, dumped by his girlfriend, buys a can of pineapple every day which he will eat in a year, if she hasn’t changed her mind and returned to him. Meanwhile, he falls in love with a bewigged drug smuggler. Detective 663, also dumped, falls for nutty counter girl Faye. Possibly unhinged by her habit of constantly listening to an ear-shattering rendition of “California Dreamin’,” Faye falls for him and begins sneaking into his apartment, rearranging the furniture, cleaning the place up and further weakening his already-shaky grasp on reality.

 

OCLC #: 261565015

 

Added: November 23, 2010