Chungking express movie analysis
It's a new day, and when the manager asks Cop 663 what he plans on getting for his girlfriend, the cop admits that she left him. The chores continue, but Faye has changed outfits. She's visibly distraught, and we get fantastic shots of Faye scrubbing a window, imbuing a simple chore with expressive pathos. The next time Cop 663 comes back, Faye overhears her cousin talking to the cop about the girlfriend he orders food for. Faye hides in the kitchen but peers out at the cop during the entire interaction. The manager suggests he buy two items and bring them both to her, and the cop agrees to it. The manager asks him why he's ordering the same thing, and he says it's for his girlfriend. It's not entirely clear that this is a different moment until Cop 663 walks in again, and orders a chef's salad from the manager of Midnight Express, Faye's cousin. We're given a little montage of Faye dancing around with various items from the kitchen while "California Dreamin'" blares. He seems to win her heart in a second by beckoning her and whispering that he likes chef's salad. "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and the Papas is blasting and he asks why she's playing music so loud. The girl working there, Faye, is too preoccupied doing chores to look at him while he orders. But when he enters the restaurant, he orders a chef salad. Whereas our former officer of the law wore an ill-fitting suit and a beleaguered expression, Cop 663 sports a crisp, blue patrol uniform and close to no expression at all. He's a strikingly different kind of officer than Cop 223. Cop 663 finishes writing out a note to himself and then stoically ambles up to the Midnight Express.