"The narrative structure itself, as well as being for style, can help to push greater meaning, for example The narrative in Chunking Express isn’t goal driven, in the same way that it isn’t driven by enigma resolution, it rejects the classical narrative system in this way as the classical narrative system relies heavily on events to drive its narrative forward. Chungking express drives its narrative forward by focussing on the thoughts and emotions of its central characters, a character-driven narrative, allowing greater scope for deep, realistic characters with human flaws. This gives the characters great depth, the audience really gets to know them and what they are thinking, which is a far cry from most mainstream cinema whose characters are there almost solely to push events along. This shows that Chungking express has some substance in its very narrative structure."

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