![]() ![]() It used to be very different it was apartments for movie stars in the 1950s, but later on it became like guesthouses. It’s a huge mansion with hundreds of hostels, so people from different parts of the world, especially backpackers, go there. For those of you who’ve never been to Hong Kong, next time you should go there, because I think it’s a landmark. Basically, we shot the whole film in just two locations, one in Chungking Mansions. Relatively, it was the shortest production time of all my films. ![]() Why? Well, we shot the film in six weeks. ![]() But for Chungking Express, it was the opposite. So, there is a lot happening during the production. “Certain films, the process is really difficult: the weather is not right, the cast is not right, the place is not right. Hawaii International Film Festival’s longtime director of programming, Anderson Le, affably overcame some introductory ribbing by Wong (“Anderson, why do you ask me that question! It was 25 years ago, and after 25 years, it’s still that same question!” he jokingly responded to the first, somewhat innocuous query), and coaxed out some remarkable storytelling and reminiscences from the director. The night before my interview with him, Wong Kar-wai addressed a sold-out crowd assembled for a screening of one of his greatest films, 1994’s Chungking Express. In Directors, Festivals & Events, InterviewsĬhungking express, Hawaii International Film Festival, Wong Kar Wai ![]()
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