Chungking Express (1994)
Film Junk Podcast
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4.5 • 731 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, welcome to film junk. My name is Sean. My name is Jay. |
| 0:13.0 | And my name is Frank. |
| 0:15.0 | And this week we are diving into the Criterion Collection. We're going to be talking about Wongar-Wise acclaimed 1994 drama |
| 0:24.3 | Chunking Express, which Frank finally cracked open for the first time. This was the first |
| 0:32.1 | criterion Blu-ray I purchased at, I remember going at lunch from work. |
| 0:38.4 | I believe it, I think it was Silicon Knights. |
| 0:41.2 | I think that's when it came out and went to Best Buy, bought this, possibly the last emperor |
| 0:47.2 | as well at the same time, which I also have not watched. |
| 0:50.7 | And I did not rent the 4K version. |
| 0:53.5 | I watched my physical Blu-ray, which I purchased, I don't know, 17 years ago or something |
| 0:59.2 | like that, and I purchased it in this slip case, the paper, the original disgusting packaging |
| 1:06.9 | for the Criterion collection on Blu-ray, And I even ordered a replacement case direct from Criterion. |
| 1:12.7 | So this combination probably cost me $60 to $70, and it's just been sitting there. |
| 1:21.7 | Until today. |
| 1:23.4 | Very cool. |
| 1:24.3 | Wow, you left it sitting there right until the last minute. |
| 1:27.2 | Literally. |
| 1:31.5 | I don't think this is like part of the logo. |
| 1:33.7 | Like the, the criterion C is put into the chunking there. |
| 1:41.7 | I got to say, don't like that. |
| 1:43.7 | Do not like that. Do not be putting in Preferential treatment or something. Yeah. Not a fan. Did they continue to do this? Do they continue to do this for every criterion release? Sneak to see in there somewhere? I don't even know. I mean, maybe where there's an opportunity to, but I don't know. |
| 2:01.7 | I don't remember. I've never seen that. |
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