Studying Chungking Express: Student Edition

by Sean Redmond

Wong Kar-wai's 1994 Chungking Express has quickly been recognised as one of the most important examples of 'World Cinema' in the last two decades. It explores time and desire and, on an allegorical level, the perceived loss of independence that many felt would take place post-1997. Studying Chungking Express considers these historical details but also the key issues of film form, author-ship, representation and identity. Required reading for all those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903663806
• ISBN13: 9781903663806
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.6" x 6.2"