Admirers of Wong and his films have been obviously psyched about the series. University of Houston film professor Dr. Karen Fang fell in love with Wong’s movies when, as a graduate student/teacher’s assistant at Johns Hopkins University, she screened his 1994 breakthrough “Chungking Express” for a Hong Kong film class.
“I think I had watched it beforehand on video, and I didn’t really get it,” says Fang, who is also a member of the MFAH film subcommittee. “But the students all got it… They were giggling and charmed by the film. And watching the movie a second time through made me pay closer attention to that.”