Chungking Express

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Paul & Amy dream of 1994's Wong Kar-wai romantic diptych Chungking Express! They look at Wong's influence on modern auteurs like Quentin Tarantino and Barry Jenkins, trace a metaphor through the film for a Hong Kong in transition, and ask why it was considered "too MTV" by some contemporary critics. Plus: What does this film have in common with Final Fantasy VIII? This is the second episode in our Couple Goals series; next week’s film is Groundhog Day! Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. You can also listen to our Stitcher Premium game show Screen Test right now at https://www.stitcher.com/show/unspooled-screen-test, and apply to be a contestant at [email protected]! Photo credit: Kim Troxall

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0:00.0	The year is 1994.
0:02.0	And you like pineapple?
0:03.5	Depends.
0:04.5	When does it expire?
0:06.0	The movie?
0:07.0	John King Express.
0:26.5	Hello everybody and welcome to...
0:29.0	Unsmooth.
0:30.0	I'm Amy Nicholson.
0:31.5	And I am Paul Sheer and this is the show where we are trying to find the hundred best
0:36.5	movies of all time.
0:37.8	We are searching high and low.
0:40.0	We want your help to find what we think is the quintessential of cinema, not just American
0:45.4	cinema, worldwide cinema.
0:47.6	We have cracked it open.
0:48.9	We've gone through the AFI list.
0:50.1	We are now going through mini series to break down genres.
0:53.8	And when we find that list, we are sending it into outer space.
0:58.0	Amy, I am thrilled to be doing this with you and especially excited to be doing this
1:02.5	mini series of couple goals.
1:04.9	I love this idea for a mini series.
1:07.3	What we're doing here is we are looking at films about couples, not necessarily couples
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