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Chungking Express 1994
excerpt from a scholarship essay i wrote:
I saw this same sense of desperation and loneliness in Ho Chi-Moo of Chungking Express. From the opening of the film, I saw through the tough guy persona of the pretty-boy cop, who confirmed my suspicion by hopelessly phoning every girl he knew to ask them on a date in the next scene. The unrequited calls, roaming crowded streets without being seen, and believing in the innocent idea of undying love enough to…
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La La Land 2016
"I think there’s a reason why most of the greatest love stories in history don’t end with happily ever after. To me, if you’re telling a story about love, love has to be bigger than the characters... [The ending gives] you that sense that even if the relationship itself might be over in practical terms, the love is not over. The love lasts, and I think that’s just a beautiful kind of thing.”
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