The Wong Kar-Wai Express: or I Believe This is Where You Get Off, Mr. Tarantino

The Wong Kar-Wai Express: or I Believe This is Where You Get Off, Mr. Tarantino

I've had been meaning to re-watch one of my favoritest films ever, Chungking Express, so I could write a review of it on Film X3000! and so I did. I had forgotten that my copy is a complete piece of crap. It's a Hong Kong bootleg where the subtitles are hardcoded into the actual picture. It's got mangled English and, I believe, Japanese that, most of the time, don't run off the edge of the frame. That's when it has subtitles anyway. Sometimes it makes you guess. That's fun, too.

I guess I'm just going to have to pony up the cash for Tarantino's release of the film, which has a Tarantino intro and wrap-up on the disc. As much as I respect his work as a filmmaker--generally speaking--I could give a rat's ass what he thinks about movies. Besides, did director Wong Kar-Wai put himself at the beginning and end of the film to ease the viewer in and out? No, because that's not how he wanted the film. It's just an extra feature on the disc and everything, but it's the principle that Tarantino is even on there in the first place that bothers me. And here's where I stop being a prententious film geek...done.

I'll get that review up as soon as I get my hands on a better copy. As a preface: everyone in the world should see this film.

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