Round 1: Tossup 4

This film includes two montages set in a tailor shop that are soundtracked by recordings of Hindustani music performed by Parween Sultana and Surinder Kaur. In this film, Dinah Washington’s rendition of “What a Difference a Day Makes” plays over a montage that ends with a man using his hand to land a toy airplane on his lover’s back. This film’s opening scene, (15[1])which is set to the song “Baroque” (-5[1])by the violinist Michael Galasso, includes a freeze frame in which a narrator says (15[1])“this was the (*) closest we ever got just 0.01 (10[1])centimeters (10[1])between us.” A cover of “Dreams” by the Cranberries by this film’s lead actress plays over both this film’s end credits and a montage in which her character redecorates a policeman’s apartment. For 10 points, Faye Wong plays a waitress whose favorite song is “California Dreamin’” in what 1994 romcom by Wong Kar-wai? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Chungking Express [or Chóngqìng sēnlín]
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