@@eIonmusk542 So that might make her the first manic pixie dream girl in any cinema? Except this one stalks Leung's character, breaks into his place, drugs him, rifles through his things, changes the labels on his food and pictures on his mirror, erases a voicemail from his real girlfriend, etc. And this romance still has more hope than any other I've seen by Won Kar Wai.
I watched this movie for the first time a day before my life went to shit last year. The day before my ex broke up with me, which in the proceeding weeks, my mother passed, and then not even two days later, my aunt and uncle died, who were my surrogate parents. This song gives me a strange comfort; a yearning for a time that was literally divided by a movie viewing. I cry hearing this version, I cry watching this movie upon rewatches, because it does take me back to the times things were blissfully ignorant. I miss you guys so much.
When I first saw this gorgeously melancholic film by Wong Kar Wai I didn't know who Fay Wong was . I was already entranced by her character and when this song by the Cranberries started I obviously recognized the melody.. and after a moment I realized it was being sung in Cantonese , and I felt it was an even more magical interpretation than the original without even speaking Cantonese ! and THEN I learned it was the girl in the film !! What a moment of realization it was . And what a work of high art by WKW . His films stir my soul and shatter my heart in exquisitely mysterious ways ❤
One of my favorite films and her performance of Dreams is such a faithful translation of Dolores O'Riordan into Cantonese as you mentioned. Romantic angst.
@@morpheophantasm8332 I was a Cavalry Scout in the Army. Fought in the Gulf War (Desert Storm). Since the Gulf War, warriros have been saying "Haji Don't Surf" so 31+ years now. Apocalypse Now is one of my favorite movies. A bit of trivia. A Cavalry Scout earns a Stetson by completing a Spur Ride course or from being in combat as a Cavalry Scout. A gold rope indicates combat and silver indicates just a spur ride.
It is lovely isn’t it? Faye Wong looks largely the same, it’s one of those films you can watch with the sound off and still understand everything, Hitchcockian in that regard, prefer this version to the original
@@TECHNOIR Thanks for making and posting the video. I personally think that the original sung by Dolores O'Riordan (RIP) is equally good, maybe because I heard it first and at an impressionable young age. But since hearing Wong's 20+ years ago, I haven't been able to think of either without the other, and have often used them together on playlists for others.
@@globalhumanism Yes! I like both but veer towards this version as I spent 12 years in China and went to Hong Kong many times, staying in Chungking Mansions- a surprisingly chill place to stay
I saw Chungking Express in the cinema when it come on in Malaysia. This cover of Dreams had me hooked and a lot of other people too, it was played constantly on the radio.
The beautiful smiley fish (Blood Parrot Cichlids) at the end were filmed by me in an office in Shanghai. As I came to the glass, more and more gathered, cooing open-mouthed, partly in reception, partly in surprise. You'd think they'd never seen a foreigner before...
@@morpheophantasm8332 Ha - no, I filmed the fish in Shanghai, as there was an aquarium in Chungking Express. I went to Honk Kong about a dozen times 2007-2018, never met the guy. He did have a cameo in Comrades: Almost a Love Story (- pinyin tian mi mi) as an English teacher and it was curious as despite being a renowned cinematographer, you did meet guys like that a lot in China during my time, but no never met him.
@@TECHNOIR well your contribution is very appreciated ... and the color of those beautiful and lively fish you filmed and their buoyancy went so well with the overall palette of Doyle's tones he's so famous for.
@@morpheophantasm8332 Hey thanks, I think the music helps a lot too, that woozy thing of Doyle's is a signature thing though. I couldn't film the fish too long as I read they get a bit startled by sudden movements (they hide from thunderstorms apparently), so I thought I'd use it here, a happy accident:)
@@TECHNOIR oh yeah .. I've been a serious admirer of WKW and Doyle's collaboration for years.. . They are playful melancholic longing tone poems . I've been invited by University Professors to come speak to their Film studies students. I could easily spend the evening with them talking about Days of being wild alone 🙂
@@けい-w6z8k You WILL see him again. Thank you for your comment. The One remains, the many change and pass; Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly; Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of Eternity, Until Death tramples it to fragments.-Die, If thou wouldst be with that which thou dost seek! Follow where all is fled!-Rome's azure sky, Flowers, ruins, statues, music, words, are weak The glory they transfuse with fitting truth to speak. - Shelley
Suo cai cien Dang ai yi cheng huang yen Cie shu pa pie, liu lien Sin yi cien Lu yue cou ye yao yuen Ni de sin, yi pu cien Ceng ai de feng, pu qing dui cuo Wo yi wei liu de lei hui ce de Yi wei wo hui, khuai le Pu siang cai, wei ai se mien Rang hei ye bao wei wo, mei yi thien Cie khai sin tou de yuen Qing yi mi'e Ai hen ce sheng ciu chen Suo se me dou, thai wan Meng nan yuen Lu yi dao liao cong thiеn Hui sou kuo pie, cuo thien Wo fang chi, dui ni de sе nien Ai yi siang fungcen duan le sien Fei pu hui wo, sen pien Sien cai, cai sie hui ceng kuo Ceng tuo dui ai qing, de ken huo Wo siang wo kou, sa tuo Meng cong cien Cui hou yi se cien lien Liu de meng, chong siang cien Chong cin thien Fei chu ni de se cie Pu cai hu, cou duo yen
I actually heard this cover version first before the original Cranberries so I will always have a sentimental preference for this one. In some ways Faye has a clarity to her voice that makes this version different to Dolores
mung jung yan yat fan jung pou gan jip sap fan jung dik man maak sang yan jam mo jau jeun noi sam jai jou je chi hing fan ngo fong chi gan nei yit lyun gwo wo nei mei chi yin joi je yeung kan si seung hon chi gwo fan wai
Arguably the first manic pixie dream girl in Cantonese cinema. And I don't mean in a trope-ish way, she is actually very well written. Love it.
Considering it came out in 1994, it inspired a lot of imitations. Amelie comes to mind.
What's a manic pixie dream girl
@@trenta.958 did you watch the movie? Chick is batshit
@@trenta.958 Faye Wong in Chunking Express . Superbly
@@eIonmusk542 So that might make her the first manic pixie dream girl in any cinema? Except this one stalks Leung's character, breaks into his place, drugs him, rifles through his things, changes the labels on his food and pictures on his mirror, erases a voicemail from his real girlfriend, etc. And this romance still has more hope than any other I've seen by Won Kar Wai.
I watched this movie for the first time a day before my life went to shit last year. The day before my ex broke up with me, which in the proceeding weeks, my mother passed, and then not even two days later, my aunt and uncle died, who were my surrogate parents. This song gives me a strange comfort; a yearning for a time that was literally divided by a movie viewing. I cry hearing this version, I cry watching this movie upon rewatches, because it does take me back to the times things were blissfully ignorant.
I miss you guys so much.
sorry to hear that hopefully you find solice in this and in life.
wishing for happiness in your life brother
Stay strong.
literally majored in asian studies because of this film!!
Me too for my masters
Was it worth it?
I want to go to Hong Kong and go to Japan for my master after watch many Asians movies.
When I first saw this gorgeously melancholic film by Wong Kar Wai I didn't know who Fay Wong was . I was already entranced by her character and when this song by the Cranberries started I obviously recognized the melody.. and after a moment I realized it was being sung in Cantonese , and I felt it was an even more magical interpretation than the original without even speaking Cantonese ! and THEN I learned it was the girl in the film !! What a moment of realization it was . And what a work of high art by WKW . His films stir my soul and shatter my heart in exquisitely mysterious ways ❤
One of my favorite films and her performance of Dreams is such a faithful translation of Dolores O'Riordan into Cantonese as you mentioned. Romantic angst.
@@christopherdallas238 oh an regarding your icon ... "Charley don't surf ! " ;p
@@morpheophantasm8332 I was a Cavalry Scout in the Army. Fought in the Gulf War (Desert Storm). Since the Gulf War, warriros have been saying "Haji Don't Surf" so 31+ years now. Apocalypse Now is one of my favorite movies. A bit of trivia. A Cavalry Scout earns a Stetson by completing a Spur Ride course or from being in combat as a Cavalry Scout. A gold rope indicates combat and silver indicates just a spur ride.
@@christopherdallas238 awesome glad you made it back aa well . And I'm very very familiar with " The Great Place "
Went to see Chunking Express first weekend of release. Came out and went back in again! Been in love with this version of Dreams ever since.
It is lovely isn’t it? Faye Wong looks largely the same, it’s one of those films you can watch with the sound off and still understand everything, Hitchcockian in that regard, prefer this version to the original
I wish I could have that but then again , I was only 1 year old in 1994.
@@TECHNOIR Thanks for making and posting the video. I personally think that the original sung by Dolores O'Riordan (RIP) is equally good, maybe because I heard it first and at an impressionable young age. But since hearing Wong's 20+ years ago, I haven't been able to think of either without the other, and have often used them together on playlists for others.
@@globalhumanism Yes! I like both but veer towards this version as I spent 12 years in China and went to Hong Kong many times, staying in Chungking Mansions- a surprisingly chill place to stay
I saw Chungking Express in the cinema when it come on in Malaysia. This cover of Dreams had me hooked and a lot of other people too, it was played constantly on the radio.
Amazing. Such a shame that these types of movies, these moments, might never reappear from Hong Kong cinema again.
She does quite a decent job of imitating Dolores O'Riordan's Irish vocal techniques in Cantonese. Never heard anything like it.
Faye's cover of this song was a huge hit in Hong Kong. This movie helped promote it, but I do remember Faye sang it in many of her concerts.
Why are Asians obsessed with Ireland?
The beautiful smiley fish (Blood Parrot Cichlids) at the end were filmed by me in an office in Shanghai. As I came to the glass, more and more gathered, cooing open-mouthed, partly in reception, partly in surprise. You'd think they'd never seen a foreigner before...
Wow! So you worked with Christopher Doyle?
@@morpheophantasm8332 Ha - no, I filmed the fish in Shanghai, as there was an aquarium in Chungking Express. I went to Honk Kong about a dozen times 2007-2018, never met the guy. He did have a cameo in Comrades: Almost a Love Story (- pinyin tian mi mi) as an English teacher and it was curious as despite being a renowned cinematographer, you did meet guys like that a lot in China during my time, but no never met him.
@@TECHNOIR well your contribution is very appreciated ... and the color of those beautiful and lively fish you filmed and their buoyancy went so well with the overall palette of Doyle's tones he's so famous for.
@@morpheophantasm8332 Hey thanks, I think the music helps a lot too, that woozy thing of Doyle's is a signature thing though. I couldn't film the fish too long as I read they get a bit startled by sudden movements (they hide from thunderstorms apparently), so I thought I'd use it here, a happy accident:)
@@TECHNOIR oh yeah .. I've been a serious admirer of WKW and Doyle's collaboration for years.. . They are playful melancholic longing tone poems . I've been invited by University Professors to come speak to their Film studies students. I could easily spend the evening with them talking about Days of being wild alone 🙂
Very nice. Hard to believe it’s now been 30 years.
I love this movie and song so fucking much
wow so cool this whole thing and the film are just perfect. Thanks to all involved for blessing the world with great art
Love it... And!! Faye Wong is now 54 according to Wikipedia... She's hot to trot!! Huzzah Faye...!! 😊❤
watched the movie frist time with my late boyfriend. listening to this makes my chest hurt. I miss him
@@けい-w6z8k You WILL see him again. Thank you for your comment.
The One remains, the many change and pass;
Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly;
Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass,
Stains the white radiance of Eternity,
Until Death tramples it to fragments.-Die,
If thou wouldst be with that which thou dost seek!
Follow where all is fled!-Rome's azure sky,
Flowers, ruins, statues, music, words, are weak
The glory they transfuse with fitting truth to speak. - Shelley
a movie I own and love and must watch again when the mood strikes. ♥
So hot in here!
PIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSS
There is nothing out there like this movie.
awesome clip from an awesome movie! 👍
шикарненько
Мне даже больше оригинала нравится.
Nice song,nice movie! Best regards from Serbia. 😎
thank you for making this so much... buddy. i think you're the one i love you :
)
Happy birthday ❤️
Suo cai cien
Dang ai yi cheng huang yen
Cie shu pa pie, liu lien
Sin yi cien
Lu yue cou ye yao yuen
Ni de sin, yi pu cien
Ceng ai de feng, pu qing dui cuo
Wo yi wei liu de lei hui ce de
Yi wei wo hui, khuai le
Pu siang cai, wei ai se mien
Rang hei ye bao wei wo, mei yi thien
Cie khai sin tou de yuen
Qing yi mi'e
Ai hen ce sheng ciu chen
Suo se me dou, thai wan
Meng nan yuen
Lu yi dao liao cong thiеn
Hui sou kuo pie, cuo thien
Wo fang chi, dui ni de sе nien
Ai yi siang fungcen duan le sien
Fei pu hui wo, sen pien
Sien cai, cai sie hui ceng kuo
Ceng tuo dui ai qing, de ken huo
Wo siang wo kou, sa tuo
Meng cong cien
Cui hou yi se cien lien
Liu de meng, chong siang cien
Chong cin thien
Fei chu ni de se cie
Pu cai hu, cou duo yen
Whether those lyrics are correct or not, they are beautiful.
There's no correct or incorrect; this is a cover and interpretation, and the lyrics of both are beautiful.
Thank you for uploading!
faye❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
My new celeb crush
Love the song. Hate the ending of this video.
Thank you for your efforts. May you and yours stay well and prosper.
Terry
Who hasn't been wounded by a pin?
Хитрый Кар Вай закончил на полуслове. Я надеюсь она всё таки взяла его с собой.
✈
Çok güzel ya
evet😭
exactly
❤👸❤
que peliculon
Es esta pelicula: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chungking_Express
😍😍
rip Hong Kong
Hong Kong will be free as well as China one day
@@sunbeam1112 Don't associate Hong Kong and Macau with red bloody communist China. We are of different countries.
@@sunbeam1112 many others hope you're right
@@sunbeam1112 When will the world be free?
@@oneiroagentWhen USA and Britian gets deleted from the map
What film is this?
Chungking Express (1994)
holy shit, what is going on?
it’s so hot in here
Cranberries covers are all well and good, until the yodel parts come on and you realise there was only one Dolores O'Riordan.
That's not "yodel", that is "keening"...
I actually heard this cover version first before the original Cranberries so I will always have a sentimental preference for this one. In some ways Faye has a clarity to her voice that makes this version different to Dolores
mung jung yan yat fan jung pou gan jip sap fan jung dik man
maak sang yan jam mo jau jeun noi sam jai jou je chi hing fan
ngo fong chi gan nei yit lyun gwo wo nei mei chi yin joi je yeung kan
si seung hon chi gwo fan wai
Honk Kong and chinese cinema has gone to shit since Chunking Express.
Yall smell that?
It’s good, but still not better than the original.
Lyrics better than English version. In Cantonese version lyrics is a story, not jibberish.
Shut the fk up with that jibberish shit
ily
What movie is this?
"Chungking Express" from 1994.