2046 Movie Review 2004

Wong's quasi-sequel to 2001's "In the Mood for Love" is a swoony, hopeless romance about lovers who meet each other at the wrong time to fall in love. Womanizing Chow (Leung Chui-wai) is a pulp fiction writer who moves into Room 2047 of Hong Kong's Hotel Oriental and gets involved with the beautiful women who briefly occupy Room 2046 ("2046" is also the name of the sci-fi novel Chow is writing). There are two ex-girlfriends named Su Li (Gong Li and Cheung), whom he left behind in Singapore; Lulu/Mimi (Lau), who is murdered; prostitute Bai Ling (Zhang), who becomes Chow's confidante; and Jing (Wong), the daughter of the hotel's owner who's in love with a man her father disapproves of. It certainly looks gorgeous; Japanese and Mandarin with subtitles.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 129 minutes.
Originally from Chinese, Hong Kong, French, German.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Sci Fi, Grand Hotel, Writers, China, Hong Kong, Oldest Profession

Screenplay

Wong Kar-Wai

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Gong Li, Takuya Kimura, Faye Wong, Zhang Ziyi, Carina Lau, Chang Chen, Maggie Cheung, Wang Sum, Lam Siu-ping, Thongchai McIntyre, Dong Jie

Cinematography

Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu-fai, Kwan Pun-leung

Director

Wong Kar-Wai

Music

Peer Raben, Shingeru Umebayashi

Other

Claude Letessier, Tu Duu-chih, William Chang, Alfred Yau, William Chang, William Chang

Producer

Wong Kar-Wai, Jet Tone Film

Awards

N.Y. Film Critics 2005: Cinematog.; Natl. Soc. Film Critics 2005: Cinematog.