
You might like to read more about the measures we're taking to reduce the risk from COVID-19, including allocated seating. We're delighted to swing open the cinema door once more. At the time that Chungking Express(1994) was being made, Hong Kong was undergoing changes and moving ever closer towards. Her characteralso named Fayewas played with such a frenetic, awkward energy that she may well. Starring in her first major role, the singer looked much the fresh ingenue, cropped coif, tinted sunglasses, and all.


She is popular all over southeast Asia, and known by some in the west as the singer of 'Eyes On Me,' from the Squaresoft RPG Final Fantasy VIII, or as Faye from Wong Kar-Wais film Chungking Express. I f you weren’t a devotee of the Cantopop world in the early 1990s, the casting of Faye Wong in Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express (1994) may not have caught your attention. It was supervised and approved by Wong Kar Wai.īelfast International Arts Festival return for their 59th edition from 6 October to 7 November with an extensive programme that gives audiences opportunities to both experience live performances again whilst also enjoying a selection of online events at home! Faye Wong (), born Xia Lin () in Bejing on August 8th 1969, is a Chinese singer, songwriter, actress, and model. This 4K digital restoration was undertaken from the 35mm original camera negative by the Criterion Collection in collaboration with L’Immagine Ritrovata and Jet Tone. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out restaurant stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Faye Wong) works.Īnything goes in Wong’s gloriously shot and utterly unexpected charmer, which cemented the sex appeal of its gorgeous stars and forever turned canned pineapple and the Mamas and the Papas’ California Dreamin’ into tokens of romantic longing.
