



Just as a writer needs to take breaks at times to look at their work with an objective lense, he felt he needed to step away for a bit, and decided to use the time to put out a quickly produced / quick hitting film, which would become Chungking Express. According to Quentin Tarantino, Wong Kar-Wai was actually working on a different/epic movie, he had been editing for multiple years but had felt stalled in the process. The context in which Wong Kar-Wai actually made Chungking Express is interesting to note as it relates to the techniques he uses to alter speed of motion in the film. By Meagan Johnson, Emily Nagler, Dylan Kanaan, Joalda Morancy, and Haina LuĬalifornia Dreamin’-The Mama’s and the Papa’s (to supplement your reading)
