Hong Kong-based filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai moves back and forth in time as he reexamines and amplifies the themes from his film In the Mood for Love in this offbeat romantic drama. Opening in the year 2046, in which a man named Tak (Takuya Kimura) attempts to persuades wjw 1967 (Faye Wong) to travel back in time with him, the film soon shifts to the year 1966, in which Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), a struggling author, asks the woman he loves, Su Lizhen (Gong Li) to sail with him from Singapore to Hong Kong on Christmas ...
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Hong Kong-based filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai moves back and forth in time as he reexamines and amplifies the themes from his film In the Mood for Love in this offbeat romantic drama. Opening in the year 2046, in which a man named Tak (Takuya Kimura) attempts to persuades wjw 1967 (Faye Wong) to travel back in time with him, the film soon shifts to the year 1966, in which Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), a struggling author, asks the woman he loves, Su Lizhen (Gong Li) to sail with him from Singapore to Hong Kong on Christmas Eve. She declines, and over the next three years, we return to Chow Mo-wan on December 24 as he finds himself with another woman each year -- lighthearted Lulu (Carina Lau) in 1967, eccentric hotel heiress Wang Jingwen (Faye Wong) in 1968, and Bai Ling (Zhang Ziyi), a high-class prostitute, in 1969. In time, Chow Mo-wan and Wang Jingwen become reacquainted, and a love affair blooms, but the fates are not on their side. 2046 had its world premiere at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. A re-edited version featuring an additional 4 minutes of footage, but minus sequences by martial arts coordinator Tung Wai) premiered in late 2004. Mark Deming, Rovi
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Add this copy of 2046 to cart. $29.99, new condition, Sold by The Mighty Book rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Edition:
2005, 20th Century Fox / Block 2 Pictures Jet Tone Films / Searchlight...
Studio:
20th Century Fox / Block 2 Pictures Jet Tone Films / Searchlight...
Released:
December 26, 2005
Language:
Chinese
MPAA Rating:
R
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17598596805
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Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Gong Li, Takuya Kimura, Faye Wong, Zhang Ziyi. New in new packaging. Languages: Chinese, Japanese, Chinese. Run time: 123 mins. Aspect ratio: 2.40: 1. Originally released: 2005. New DVD, still sealed. Ready to ship.
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The plot leaps and links are both difficult and simplistic (the more one understands them, the less they impress), but there are many compelling still shots and an overall mood emerges of a past and lost love summoned and reconfigured.
