Wong Kar Wai

Chungking Express (1996)
 

The time confusion created in this film's editing is pretty interesting in that it's subtle yet the technique it uses (jump-cutting?) is pretty jarring (which adds to the effectiveness). It took me a while to understand what is going on.
In this sequence, we are given two constants: The cop character walking up to the counter to order takeout for his girlfriend and Faye's repetitive cleaning motions.

Time is condensed into an extreme. There is nothing to suggest a change from one day to the next other than the dialogue and Faye's costume changes. The cutting to mark the next day are bridge by Faye's cleaning and it is here we are almost induced into a feeling of deja vu as the cop (in the same uniform he wears everyday) places his order. It the continuity feels seamless yet it isn't quite.

I've seen this sort of technique before but it always involved someone motionless as the background elements is sped up. In Chungking Express, I feel like this was done in an ingenious way. Having the character move in slow motion against the sped up back drop heighten his disconnect with reality, despite his evident steadiness. Another contradiction.