This separation is also displayed by the physical barrier of the snack bar between them. He also shows the two conversing by using medium close-up over the shoulder shots which keeps them at a distance in separate frames which accentuates their inability to connect. Wong emphasizes Cop 663 and Faye’s sense of loneliness by using a telephoto lens and only having one character in focus at a time. Urban alienation permeates this scene and entire film as the characters attempt, but are unable to connect with those around them. Cop 663 is reluctant to open the letter and instead drinks his coffee and leaves it in the hands of Faye. In this scene Faye has just received a letter from Cop 663’s ex-girlfriend and is instructed to give it to him. While it is unclear in what direction their relationship will go, the ending conveys a hopeful tone. In the final scene Faye returns a year later now as a flight attendant and sees that Cop 663 has turned the snack bar into a restaurant. Surprisingly, Faye then decides she wants to see the world and leaves him a fake boarding pass with the date a year from that day. Cop 663 then begins to realize that Faye likes him and invites her to meet him at a restaurant for a date. Faye then secretly begins sneaking into his apartment during the day to revamp and improve his living conditions. He meets Faye who works in a snack bar that he frequents and she falls in love with him. The second story revolves around Cop 663 who is dealing with his break-up from a flight stewardess. She then pages Cop 223 wishing him a happy birthday which gives him the strength to move on with his life. The woman leaves in the morning and shoots the drug ringleader who set her up. Cop 223 sees the woman in a bar and begins talking to her, and takes her back to his hotel room where she falls asleep while he watches movies alone. Meanwhile, a woman who wears a blonde wig runs for her life after a drug operation fails.
He decides that he will wait a month before moving on with his life and buys a can of pineapple with an expiration date of May 1st everyday. The first story centers around Cop 223 who is grappling with a devastating break-up. While the stories do not interconnect, the main characters from the second story appear in the first for a few brief moments. Chungking Express (1994), is directed by Kar Wai Wong andconsists of two different stories about two policemen’s’ romances.
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