Followed by
Fa yeung nin wa (2000)
2046 (2004)
References
Taxi Driver (1976)
- Shows the decent into madness of an alienated loner, his misunderstandings of women, and climaxes in a violent shoot-out. Kar Wai's earlier "As Tears Go By" was based on Scorsese's "Mean Streets".
Referenced in
2046 (2004)
- References a line of dialogue in the film about a bird with no legs.
Featured in
Nian ni ru xi (1997)
Spoofed in
Ya Fei yu Ya Ji (1992)
- This is a parody of Days of Being Wild.
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