Art film
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An art film, arthouse film, or specialty film is an independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience. It is "intended to be a serious, artistic work, often experimental and
Carl Theodor Dreyer, pictured here in 1965, directed the 1928 film The Passion of Joan of Arc.
American photographer and filmmaker Man Ray (pictured here in 1934) was part of the Dadaist "cinéma pur" film movement, which influenced the development of the art film.
Actress Lena Nyman from the Swedish film I Am Curious (Yellow)
Italian director Federico Fellini
Chungking Express
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Chungking Express is a 1994 Hong Kong film, written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. The film consists of two stories told in sequence, each about a different lovesick Hong Kong policeman mulling over hi
Art film
…mainstream blockbuster films, which are usually geared more towards linear storytelling and mainstream entertainment. Film critic Roger Ebert called Chungking Express, a critically acclaimed 1994 art film, "largely a cerebral experience" that one enjoys "because of what you know about film". That said, some art films…
US theatrical release poster
Shops inside Chungking Mansions
Central–Mid-Levels escalators
The departure hall of the former Kai Tak Airport is featured in the film