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The whiplash, double-pronged Chungking Express is one of the defining works of 1990s cinema and the film that made Wong Kar Wai an instant icon. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung Chiu Wai), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out food stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Faye Wong) works. Anything 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 & the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” into tokens of romantic longing.

• New, restored high-definition digital transfer with Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack supervised by director Wong Kar Wai, with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• Audio commentary featuring noted Asian cinema critic Tony Rayns
• A 1996 episode of the British television series Moving Pictures featuring interviews with Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle
• U.S. theatrical trailer
• New and improved English subtitle translation
• PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Amy Taubin