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 Original Title: Duo luo tian shi
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Runtime: 90 mins
Year: 1995
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitle: English
Colour: Colour
Speciality: Stylized action. Brilliant cinematography. Was actually supposed to be the third part of ‘Chungking Express’ but when it evolved a life of its own, Wong Kar Wai and Christopher Doyle, decided to make a full length film out of it.
Palador DVD Code:PFE0029b1
Available As: Part of ‘Wong Kar Wai Box Set ’
In this romantic thriller, Ming, a cold-blooded professional killer, has a female agent he has never seen. She longs for Ming, who senses this, but he gets involved with a blond. Tired of the risks involved in his job, he wants to quit. The agent, however, persuades him to do one last job... Using immersive cinematography and fractured editing, Wong Kar Wai manages to create a poetic panorama of urban isolation and longing.
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Directed by - Kar Wai Wong | | Writing credits - Kar Wai Wong | | CAST (in credits order) | | Character | Actor's name | | Wong Chi-Ming / Killer | Leon Lai | | The Killer's Agent (as Michele Reis) | Michelle Reis | | He Zhiwu | Takeshi Kaneshiro | | Charlie / Cherry | Charlie Yeung | | Punkie / Blondie / Baby | Karen Mok | | The Man Forced to Eat Icecream | Fai-hung Chan | | He Zhiwu's father (as Chen Man Lei) | Man-Lei Chan | | Sato | Toru Saito | | Ah-hoi | To-hoi Kong | | Woman Pressed to Buy Vegetables | Lee-na Kwan | | Man forced to have his clothes wash | Yuk-ho Wu |
Winner - Golden Bauhinia Awards - Best Cinematography/ Best Supporting Actress
Winner - Golden Horse Film Festival - Best Original Song/ Best Production Design
Winner - Hong Kong Film Awards - Best Cinematography/ Best Original Film Score/ Best Supporting Actress
Nominee - Hong Kong Film Award - Best Art Direction - Best Costume & Make Up Design/ Best Director
Best Film Editing/ Best New Performer/ Best Picture/ Critics Society Awards Film of Merit |
Wong has used practically every cinematic element available to him to cr eate a mood of love gone off the track, drawn-out wishes, time passing emptily, and disconnection. Peter Henne Film Journal International
There’s a lot more to Wong Kar-Wai than tremendous cinematic skill and distinctive style. He’s got something to say about the modern condition. Dan Jardine Apollo Guide |
| The character He Zhiwu, who is mute but able to communicate with the audience through narration, tells us he became mute after eating a tin of pineapple with a past expiration date. A character in the earlier 'Wong Kar-wai' film, _Chong qing sen lin (1994)_ , is obsessed with the expiration dates on tins of pineapple. In addition, they are both named He Zhiwu (though the character in _Chong qing sen lin (1994)_ is a cop, and the character in this film is a former criminal) and both are played by the actor Takeshi Kaneshiro. |
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