Whilst the May of which his relationship recently ended with has no screen time, there is plenty of monologue spoken from He Qiwu and interaction with other characters regarding her that as an audience we can feel his pain. For the first story, we become acquainted with He Qiwu, a man who pines over his most recent relationship with a girl called May. Their stories are told sequentially and are both running in chagrin until they encounter a new woman. The film's plot revolves around two separate narratives regarding two policemen working within Chungking,both of whom have gone through recent break ups. This film is something which has always been on my lengthy cinema bucket list.I am joyous that I took the the time viewing into this film as it was both uplifting and meditative amongst the chaos. WARNING: SMALL SPOILERS MAY BE GIVEN BELOW Today being a lazy Sunday, I finally got around to watching Chungking Express.
The Hong Kong cut was released on VHS/laserdisc by World Video and on VHS/LD/DVD by Mei Ah. 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.The international version expands the scenes where The Blonde prepares for the smuggling trip and later searches for the smugglers.'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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