2046
Directed by	Wong Kar-wai
Produced by	Wong Kar-wai
Written by	Wong Kar-wai
Starring	Tony Leung Chiu-Wai Gong Li Faye Wong Takuya Kimura Zhang Ziyi Carina Lau Chang Chen Bird Thongchai McIntyre Dong Jie Maggie Cheung
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics (North America) Mei Ah (Hong Kong) Tartan Video (United Kingdom) Seville Pictures/Warner Home Video (Canada) TF1 Video (France) Karmen Video (Russian Federation)
Release date(s)	September 29, 2004 August 5, 2005
Running time	129 min.
Language	Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin
Budget	USD 12,000,000 (est.)
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2046 is a Hong Kong movie (filmed in Shanghai) written and directed by Wong Kar-wai and released in 2004. It is a loose sequel to Days of Being Wild (released in 1991) and In the Mood for Love (released in 2000). It follows the aftermath of Chow Mo-wan's unconsummated affair with Su Li-Zhen in 1960s Hong Kong but also includes some science fiction elements. 2046 movie poster. ... Wong Kar-wai, (Traditional Chinese: 王家衛; Simplified Chinese: 王家卫; pinyin: Wáng Jiāwèi; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng Gà Waih; born July 17, 1958) is a Hong Kong based film director known for his unique visual style of romantic art films. ... Wong Kar-wai, (Traditional Chinese: 王家衛; Simplified Chinese: 王家卫; pinyin: Wáng Jiāwèi; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng Gà Waih; born July 17, 1958) is a Hong Kong based film director known for his unique visual style of romantic art films. ... Wong Kar-wai, (Traditional Chinese: 王家衛; Simplified Chinese: 王家卫; pinyin: Wáng Jiāwèi; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng Gà Waih; born July 17, 1958) is a Hong Kong based film director known for his unique visual style of romantic art films. ... Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Chinese: 梁朝偉; pinyin: ) (born June 27, 1962) is a Hong Kong movie and ex-television actor. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Gong Gong Li (Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: GÇ’ng Lì) (born December 31, 1965) is a Chinese film actress. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... Zhang Ziyi (章子怡; pinyin: Zhāng Zǐyí) (born February 9, 1979 in Beijing, China), is a Chinese actress. ... Carina Lau Kar-ling (Traditional Chinese: 劉嘉玲, Simplified Chinese: 刘嘉玲, pinyin: Liú Jiālíng; born December 8, 1964 in Suzhou, China) is a Hong Kong actress. ... Chang Chen (born October 14, 1976) is a Taiwanese actor, born in Taipei. ... Bird in a concert performance Bird McIntyre (born Albert Thongchai McIntyre, December 8, 1958) is a Thai pop singer who released his debut album in 1986. ... Maggie Cheung in Clean Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (張曼玉; pinyin: Zhāng Mànyù; Cantonese: dzoeng1 maan6 juk9/juk2) (born September 20, 1964) is a multi award-winning actress from Hong Kong. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hong_Kong. ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cantonese (Traditional Chinese: 粵語; Simplified Chinese: 粤语]], Cantonese: Yuet6yue5; Mandarin pinyin: YuèyÇ”, lit. ... Mandarin, or Beifanghua (Chinese: 北方話; Pinyin: BÄ›ifānghuà; literally Northern Dialect(s)), or Guanhua (Traditional Chinese: 官話; Simplified Chinese: 官话; Pinyin: Guānhuà; literally official speech) is a category of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ... The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan. ... Shanghai (Chinese: ; pinyin:  ; Shanghainese: ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is the largest city of the Peoples Republic of China and the eighth largest in the world. ... Wong Kar-wai, (Traditional Chinese: 王家衛; Simplified Chinese: 王家卫; pinyin: Wáng Jiāwèi; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng Gà Waih; born July 17, 1958) is a Hong Kong based film director known for his unique visual style of romantic art films. ... Days of Being Wild aka The True Story of Ah Fei (Chinese: 阿飛正傳; pinyin: ) is a 1991 Hong Kong movie by director Wong Kar-wai. ... In the Mood for Love (花樣年華, Yale (Cantonese): fa1 yeung6 nin4 wa4, Hanyu pinyin: huā yàng nián huá, literal translation: The Magnificence of Years Past like Flowers) is a 2000 Hong Kong art film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu Wai. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

Cast and roles include

• Tony Leung Chiu Wai - Chow Mo-wan, the main character and narrator. A journalist and writer, he is the same character, played by the same actor as in In the Mood for Love. He also appears in a silent cameo at the very end of Days of Being Wild.
• Maggie Cheung - Su Li-Zhen, the woman Chow Mo-wan loved most. See In the Mood for Love.
• Gong Li - Another Su Li-Zhen. Presented as a "professional gambler" and nicknamed "Black Spider", she said that she was from Phnom Penh. Chow Mo-wan met her in Singapore.
• Wang Sum
  • Mr. Wang, the hotel owner. He had taken singing lessons in Harbin, China.
  • The captain of the train to (or from) 2046.
• Faye Wong
  • Wang Jing Wen (王靖雯, py Wang Jingwen; which incidentally was Faye Wong's stage name as a singer until she changed it back to Faye Wong, Chinese: 王菲; pinyin: Wang Fēi, in 1994) . The first daughter of Mr. Wang, the hotel owner. She was in love with a Japanese man, a relationship that her father opposed strongly.
  • An android in the train to (or from) 2046.
• Takuya Kimura
  • A Japanese man, sent to Hong Kong for a while by his company. He is Wang Jing Wen's boyfriend.
  • Tak, a passenger of the train to (or from) 2046.
• Dong Jie - Wang Jie Wen. The second daughter of Mr. Wang, the hotel owner.
• Carina Lau
  • Mimi/Lulu. See Days of Being Wild.
  • An android in the train to (or from) 2046.
• Chang Chen
  • The drummer boyfriend of Mimi/Lulu. Played by Jacky Cheung in Days of Being Wild.
  • A passenger of the train to (or from) 2046.
• Zhang Ziyi - Bai Ling. An occupant of room 2046 in the Oriental Hotel, and a lover of Chow Mo-wan.
• Siu Ping-lam - Ah Ping, a colleague and friend of Chow Mo-wan.
• Bird McIntyre

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Filming details

Total secrecy surrounded the movie before its release, and this led to a lot of speculation as to the significance of the number "2046". Many thought the title referenced the year in which the movie would be set, and that it would be a science fiction film. It also became an in-joke that the title would actually refer to the year of release.^{[citation needed]} Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

It took four years to complete the film. During that time, production was closed because of the SARS epidemic in March 2003. The film premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival with the film reels arriving straight from the laboratory, causing a delay in the festival schedule. After the premiere, Wong took the film back and continued editing until October, when it was released to theaters.^{[citation needed]} Sars may refer to any of the following: Severe acute respiratory syndrome, commonly abbreviated as SARS Michael Sars, a Norwegian biologist, father of Georg Sars Georg Sars, a Norwegian biologist, son of Michael Sars Special Administrative Regions, commonly abbreviated as SARs Sars, Perm Krai, an urban settlement in Perm Krai... In epidemiology, an epidemic (from Greek epi- upon + demos people) is a disease that appears as new cases in a given human population, during a given period, at a rate that substantially exceeds what is expected, based on recent experience (the number of new cases in the population during a... Premiere, from French language première meaning first, generally means a first performance. Premieres for theatrical, musical, and other productions are often extravagant affairs, attracting large numbers of socialites and much media attention. ... Feature Films Jury Quentin Tarantino, President (United States) Emmanuelle Béart (France) Edwidge Danticat (United States) Tilda Swinton (United Kingdom) Kathleen Turner (United States) Benoît Poelvoorde (Belgium) Jerry Schatzberg (United States) Tsui Hark (Hong Kong) Peter Von Bagh (Finland) Films in Competition 2046, by Wong Kar-Wai Clean, by...

It was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics for distribution in the United States of America, and was released on 5 August 2005.

Cinematographer Christopher Doyle has said that this will be his last time working with Wong Kar-wai.^{[citation needed]}

Title

2046 is the number of the hotel room in In the Mood for Love in which Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Maggie Cheung's characters meet to write their kung fu serial. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Maggie Cheung in Clean Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (張曼玉; pinyin: Zhāng Mànyù; Cantonese: dzoeng1 maan6 juk9/juk2) (born September 20, 1964) is a multi award-winning actress from Hong Kong. ... Alternative meaning: Kung Fu (TV series) Kung fu or gongfu (功夫, Pinyin: gōngfu) is a well-known Chinese term used in the West to designate Chinese martial arts. ...

In the movie 2046, "2046" is the number of a hotel room occupied by Lulu, and later by Bai Ling at the Oriental Hotel, while Tony Leung's room number is 2047.

In the same movie, the main character (Tony Leung) writes science fiction stories, in which 2046 is a popular year and place to which people travel through time. The stories are titled 2046 and later 2047 (a collaboration with Faye Wong's character). Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ...

The year 2046 has its own significance for Hong Kong. It is 49 years after the handover of Hong Kong by the British on July 1, 1997. At the time of handover, the Mainland government promised fifty years of self-regulation for the former British colony. The year 2046, then, references the moment before Hong Kong's special, self-regulated status ends. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The highlighted area in the map is what is commonly known as mainland China. Mainland China (Simplified Chinese: 中国大陆; Traditional Chinese: 中國大陸; pinyin: Zhōnggúo Dàlù; literally The Chinese Massive Landmass or Continental China) is an informal (disputed — see talk page) geographical term which is usually synonymous with the area... One country, two systems (Simplified Chinese: 一国两制; Traditional Chinese: 一國兩制; pinyin: yì; guó liÇŽng zhì; Jyutping: jat1 gwok3 loeng5 zai3; Yale: yāt gwok leúhng jai), is an idea originally proposed by Deng Xiaoping, then Paramount Leader of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), for the unification of China. ...

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Plot

The film is the third chapter of a shared story that began with Days of Being Wild and continued with In the Mood for Love. Days of Being Wild aka The True Story of Ah Fei (Chinese: 阿飛正傳; pinyin: ) is a 1991 Hong Kong movie by director Wong Kar-wai. ... In the Mood for Love (花樣年華, Yale (Cantonese): fa1 yeung6 nin4 wa4, Hanyu pinyin: huā yàng nián huá, literal translation: The Magnificence of Years Past like Flowers) is a 2000 Hong Kong art film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu Wai. ...

Days of Being Wild dealt with a very volatile Filipino playboy named Yuddy (played by Leslie Cheung) who struggled with the fact that he was abandoned by his mother. During the course of the film, he seduces numerous women, including Su Li-Zhen (played by Maggie Cheung) and Lulu (played by Carina Lau) only to immediately break their hearts. After Yuddy breaks up with Su Li-Zhen, she befriends a police officer (played by Andy Lau) who helps her eventually get over Yuddy. Yuddy and the Police Officer eventually meet in the Philippines and because of their previous experience with Su Li-Zhen, they feel a connection to one another. In the end, Yuddy incurs the wrath of gangsters and is killed. At the conclusion of the film, Chow Mo-Wan is seen getting ready to go out for the evening. Days of Being Wild aka The True Story of Ah Fei (Chinese: 阿飛正傳; pinyin: ) is a 1991 Hong Kong movie by director Wong Kar-wai. ... Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (September 12, 1956 – April 1, 2003) (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: zoeng1 gwok3 wing4; Mandarin Pinyin: Zhāng Guóróng, Wade-Giles: Chang Kuo-jung; nickname Gor-gor (哥哥, Elder Brother in Cantonese) was an actor and a musician from Hong Kong. ... Maggie Cheung in Clean Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (張曼玉; pinyin: Zhāng Mànyù; Cantonese: dzoeng1 maan6 juk9/juk2) (born September 20, 1964) is a multi award-winning actress from Hong Kong. ... Carina Lau Kar-ling (Traditional Chinese: 劉嘉玲, Simplified Chinese: 刘嘉玲, pinyin: Liú Jiālíng; born December 8, 1964 in Suzhou, China) is a Hong Kong actress. ... Top: Andy Lau (right) with Idy Chan in 1983 TVB The Return of the Condor Heroes - Bottom: Andy Lau (left) with Takeshi Kaneshiro in 2004 House of Flying Daggers Andy Lau Tak-wah (Traditional Chinese: 劉德華; Simplified Chinese: 刘德华; pinyin: Liú Déhuá; Jyutping: Lau4 Dak1 Waa4) (born September 27, 1961 in...

As In the Mood for Love begins, Su Li-Zhen has moved on with her life. She is married and living in a Hong Kong apartment flat. Soon afterwards, Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) and his wife move into the room next door. Eventually, Chow and Su Li-Zhen discover that their respective spouses have begun an affair. Their mutual grief pushes them together, and soon they discover that they begin having feelings for one another. As their affair grows, they rent another room (which is numbered 2046) to avoid the gossip of neighbors. They realize that they have much more in common than with their spouses, and their passion becomes intense. Chow sees Su Li-Zhen as the perfect combination of nurturing, intellect and raw sensuality. He eventually asks Su Li-Zhen to run away with him, but she refuses to leave her husband. They separate, and Chow moves to Singapore. However, it is ambiguous whether their affair results in a child. In the Mood for Love (花樣年華, Yale (Cantonese): fa1 yeung6 nin4 wa4, Hanyu pinyin: huā yàng nián huá, literal translation: The Magnificence of Years Past like Flowers) is a 2000 Hong Kong art film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu Wai. ... Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Chinese: 梁朝偉; pinyin: ) (born June 27, 1962) is a Hong Kong movie and ex-television actor. ...

It is at this point that 2046 begins. There are 4 main story arcs to the film. Three are about the relations of Chow with women that he meets after losing Su Li-Zhen. The first concerns Chow and Wang Jing Wen, the second is about Chow and Bai Ling, and the third is about Chow and a different woman that is also named Su Li-Zhen. The fourth takes place in Chow's mysterious world of 2046 and concerns a Japanese passenger falling in love with an android. Typical of Wong Kar-wai films, the arcs are presented in pieces and in non-chronological order. Also typical of Wong Kar-wai films, many scenes in the film involve characters conversing back and forth in different languages (Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin). It is assumed that each character, while only speaking one primary language, is more-or-less fluent in the other languages.

The approximate order of the arcs is listed below.

2047 Arc Part I

This section is the only part narrated by Chow's fictional character and not Chow himself. Set in the far future, a huge rail network connects the planet. The world is a vast dystopia, and lonely souls all try to reach a mysterious place called 2046 in order to recapture lost loves. In the world of 2046 nothing ever changes, so there is never loss or sadness. No one has ever returned from 2046 except the protagonist, a lonely Japanese man named Tak. As the story begins, Tak is on a long train ride returning from 2046. He keeps to himself on the train, and is literally counting the seconds that go by.

"All Memories Are Traces of Tears"

As Chow Mo-Wan's life is revisited, we learn that he is still struggling to get over the loss of his idealized love, Su Li-Zhen. He returns to Hong Kong after being in Singapore for a number of years to try to forget his anguish. To cover up his pain, he becomes a suave ladies man. Chow attends many lavish parties and beds many women.

On Christmas Eve, Chow meets Lulu from the first film who he remembers from Singapore, although she has no recollection of him. Chow tells her that the last time they met, she told Chow that he reminded her of the Filipino playboy, Yuddy. Upon hearing about Yuddy, Lulu immediately gets emotional, and Chow apologizes for bringing up such sad memories over the holidays. He continues to observe Lulu for the rest of the evening, and remarks in a monologue that Lulu is still basically living in the past. She never recovered from the loss of the Filipino playboy. Though she now dates many men, with each new man she meets, she attempts to find elements of that original playboy in them.

That night, Chow Mo-wan takes Lulu home, as she is quite drunk, and accidentally keeps her key. As he leaves, he notices that her room number is 2046, the same room number that he and Su Li Zhen had when they conducted their private affair. Upon returning a few days later to return the room key, the landlord informs Chow that Lulu has left after some violent incident.

Feeling a connection, Chow wants to rent the now vacant room 2046 but it is not available due to renovations. Chow agrees to rent room 2047 in the meantime. After the renovation of room 2046 is complete, the landlord asks Chow if he wants to move in. However, by this time he has gotten used to room 2047 and decides to stay there. The rooms 2046 and 2047 are connected by a common hallway, and symbolic of his desire to return to the past, Chow regularly watches and gets involved with the people that move into 2046.

Wang Jing Wen and Wang Jie Wen Arc Part I

The first person that moves next door into 2046 is the landlord's daughter, Wang Jing Wen (played by Faye Wong). Chow spends a good deal of time just observing her in the room. Chow notices that Wang is practicing Japanese. He learns that she has a Japanese boyfriend working in Hong Kong. Chow is intrigued by this woman, but does not approach her at this point since she is already in a relationship. Unfortunately, the relationship is forbidden by the landlord. Eventually, Wang breaks up with her boyfriend, then suffers a breakdown and is institutionalized. Afterwards, the next tenant that moves into 2046 is the younger daughter of the landlord, Wang Jie Wen. She is young, attractive, and flirtatious. She frequently knocks on Chow's door to see if he wants to seduce her. However, he refuses each time. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

A short time later, Chow runs into some financial difficulties, and stops going out. To make some extra cash, he starts to write a science fiction story called "2046". The story is set in the distant future, about a group of heart sick individuals looking for love. The only place to find it is at a mysterious location called 2046. Chow makes the story somewhat bizarre and erotic, and it seems to take off. Virtually all of the characters in "2046" are based on people that Chow has met, such as Su Li-Zhen, Lulu, or Wang Jing Wen. Whether 2046 is a place, a room, or a state of mind is never explicitly defined.

Bai Ling Arc Part I

The third person to move into room 2046 is the coquettish Bai Ling (Zhang Ziyi). She wears similar qipao dresses as the original Su Li-Zhen but radiates a much more aggressive sensuality than her. While it is never explicitly stated in the film, it is implied that she is a nightclub girl that occasionally doubles as a high-class prostitute. However, she is intent on finding a long term relationship. In one instance, when Chow overhears her arguing with a man, Bai tells the man that to continue seeing her, he must end his relationship with the other woman. Chow again spends a lot of time observing her across the thin wall separating rooms 2046 and 2047. Zhang Ziyi (章子怡; pinyin: Zhāng Zǐyí) (born February 9, 1979 in Beijing, China), is a Chinese actress. ... Two women wear qipao in this 1930s Shanghai advertisement. ...

On the next Christmas Eve, Bai runs into Chow just after she is dumped by her boyfriend before they are to go to Singapore. Chow suggests that they go for dinner, to which she grudgingly accepts. During dinner, Chow tells Bai about his experiences in Singapore. She is intrigued, and after dinner she agrees to try to form a platonic friendship with him by borrowing time from each other. Their brief friendship does not last however, as they soon develop carnal lust for each other. Not surprisingly, Chow wants to keep the relationship strictly physical; he continues to pick up other prostitutes. To compromise, Bai soon develops a compensation system where he pays her 10 HKD each time he stays over. However, over time Bai finds that she has feelings for Chow, and she asks him to discontinue seeing other women. Chow refuses, and this causes the couple to break up. Seemingly oblivious to her feelings, Chow cynically offers her the option to be his customer for 10 HKD each night. Perhaps as a way of revenge, Bai then descends into seeing men exclusively for money, frequently changing partners. A short while later, she moves out of Room 2046. The Hong Kong Dollar (ISO 4217: HKD) is the official currency of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) within the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Wang Jing Wen Part II

After Bai Ling moves out, Wang Jin Wen moves back into 2046 after returning from the mental hospital. She is a shell of a former self, and still very depressed over the loss of her Japanese boyfriend. Her ex writes numerous letters in an attempt to reconcile with her, but she refuses due to her father.

Wang passes the time by helping out her dad at the hotel. She also starts to spend more and more time with Chow helping him with his writing and editing. At this point, he is regularly publishing chapters of "2046". These scenes are very similar to those in 'In the Mood for Love' when Su Li-Zhen used to help Chow with his writing in their hotel room. Ironically, while Wang is depressed, Chow remarks that this period in his life is the happiest that he has been after Su Li-Zhen. However, before he realizes it, he develops feelings for Wang Jing Wen. He makes some minor attempts to start a romance with her, but nothing develops since she is still very much in love with the Japanese man.

One day Wang Jin Wen asks Chow rhetorically if some things in life never change. He answers her by writing a story called "2047". In this story, a Japanese man leaves the world of "2046", but falls in love on the journey home. While he initially tried to base the story on Wang Jing Wen's ex-boyfriend, he realizes that the story is ultimately about himself.

2047 Arc Part II

Chow's fictional world is revisted. However, this time it is narrated by Chow himself. Set in the far future, for passengers to reach/depart 2046 they must take a long journey on a vast train network. The main character on the train, Tak (who is portrayed by Wang Jin Wen's Japanese boyfriend) is trying to leave 2046 because he lost the love of his life in that world. The train is extremely cold and lonely, especially in the sections 1224-1225 (whose bitter cold represent the need for love that Chow and Bai experience on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day). To aid in the journey, throughout the train there are female androids who attend to a passenger's every need. It is recommended that each passenger find an android to be with during the long trip for warmth and companionship.

Tak becomes intimate with one the androids (played by Faye Wong) in sections 1224-1225 and later falls in love with her. He then asks her numerous times to come with him. However, each time the android does not answer. Tak has heard earlier that excessive operation causes the android's response time to slow down and decides to wait on the train to see if this is the case. He sits quietly on the train, and counts the seconds that go by, hoping the android will decide to leave with him. However, the android still does not respond. Ultimately, Tak realizes that it is not a delayed reaction that causes that android not to respond, but that she is in love with someone else and that their relationship is simply not meant to be. With this knowledge, he finally has the strength to leave the train and 2046. Completing the story marks a turning point in Chow's recovery.

Wang Jing Wen Part III

Next Christmas, Chow invites Wang Jing Wen out to dinner. After finding out that she still misses her ex in Japan, he takes her to his office so that she can call him to wish him well. Looking sadly through the window panes as Wang Jing Wen is overjoyed talking to her ex, Chow remarks that in fact Section 1224-1225 from the story are simply the dates for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day when everyone is especially lonely and needs additional love. He goes on to say that while he had feelings for her, and most likely could have taken advantage of the situation (as he did last year with Bai Ling) he was happy that in this situation he did the "right thing". The call re-ignites the romance. Soon afterward, Wang Jing Wen moves to Japan and gets engaged.

A short while later, while still feeling depressed over the loss of Wang Jing Wen, Chow runs into Lulu again as she has a violent confrontation with another woman that is sleeping with her current playboy boyfriend. This incident is identical to one that occurred in the original Days of Being Wild when she confronted the original Su Li-Zhen for sleeping with Yuddy. Chow remarks that Lulu, is likely to forever remain living in the past. However, he then remarks that this is not really a sad thing, as she seems perfectly content to be miserable. The incident strengthens Chow's resolve to get over Su Li-Zhen.

Bai Ling Arc Part II

Some time later, Chow gets a call from Bai Ling and the two go out to dinner. This time, Bai looks much less glamourous and more "run-down". She asks him for help and money which he readily agrees to. She also asks where he was last Christmas, as she stopped by at that time, and was hoping to see him. In fact she remarks that she really misses him. It turns out, at the time Chow went back to Singapore to visit a former lover, another woman named Su Li-Zhen.

Su Li-Zhen Arc

Chonologically, this arc occurs first in the movie. Chow met another woman named Su Li-Zhen (played by Gong Li) some years back when he first arrived in Singapore. At that time, he was still grieving over losing the original Su Li-Zhen, and spent much of his free time in the local casinos. This is a Chinese name; the family name is Gong Gong Li (Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Gǒng Lì) (born December 31, 1965) is a Chinese film actress. ...

After losing much of his savings, he meets a mysterious woman gambler in black, also named after his former love. They become lovers, and he soon wants to know everything about her. But she insists that he beat her in a "high-card" draw before she will reveal anything about her past, which he never is able to do. Eventually, she agrees to help him win back his money so that he can return to Hong Kong. When she does so, he prepares to leave, and asks her to go with him. Again, she challenges him to a high-card draw, which he again loses. Knowing little about her, Chow speculates that she, like himself, has a troubled past.

Initially heartbroken about this, he remarks that after he completes the story '2047' he finally understands why the second Su Li-Zhen did not go with him, as he would again have tried to recapture the past by looking for elements of the original Su Li-Zhen. When Chow went back to Singapore to visit her the second time, he does not find her. He makes some inquiries as to her whereabouts and speculates that she either returned to Cambodia or was killed.

Bai Ling Arc Part III

Some time later, Chow receives another call from Bai Ling and takes her to dinner. She has fallen on hard times. Earlier, Chow helped her out financially. Bai remarks that recently, one of her clients had given her a lot of money and she wanted to pay Chow back. He refuses to take the money. Bai insists on paying for dinner, and Chow is stunned when she hands him a stack of HKD bills, each 10 dollar bill representing one night they had spent together. Bai tells Chow to pay for dinner with this stack of bills, while unbeknownst to him, she sadly watches behind the restaurant's green window veils. It is a poignant moment as this scene can be interpreted multiple ways. One possibility is that this is Bai's way of coping with their eventual separation, while another is her desire to see his reaction and decipher whether he has real feelings for her.

After dinner, Chow walks her back to her apartment. Grasping his hands at the apartment door, she begs him to lend his time to her once more and spend the night. She then asks him the fundamental question of the film, "Why can't it be like before?" He refuses to stay over, coldly stating that this is simply something he can no longer lend. He exits by jerking his hands away from her and remarks in voiceover that this was the last time he ever saw her. He leaves in an empty taxi, staring emptily into space, as the camera slowly enters a whispering hole--perhaps the same one used by the Wang Jing Wen android and Tak in the beginning of the film.

Themes

Through the 2046 trilogy, Wong Kar-wai weaved an intricate story of people dealing with lost relationships, memories, as well as their attachments to their past. For instance, the story that Chow writes for Wang Jin Wen, "2047", is an idealized version of In the Mood for Love with Tak representing Chow and the android representing Su Li-Zhen. His story took out most of the details and simply presented the anguish of two people in a forbidden relationship. Furthermore, both the room 2046 and his story, "2046" represents Chow's past life with the original Su Li-Zhen. At the start of the movie, unable to get over his lost love, Chow was a prisoner of both the room and his past. Like Lulu, Chow tried fruitlessly to recapture his past through the present. Each of the woman he subsequently encounters in the movie had a portion of the original Su, and by being with these women, Chow searches for his old love in vain. The second Su Li-Zhen had a nurturing personality; Bai Ling had sensuality; Wang Jing Wen had sharp wit, intellect, and tenderness. He has no interest in Wang's sister, Wang Jie Wen, because she didn't remind him of Su Li-Zhen and the past. In the end, he realizes that these women will never be identical to his most beloved Su. The events and emotions displayed in this film help to reinforce the director's thesis that people cannot remain in their 2046s forever and ought to summon the courage to leave them. As Chow finally discovers, the notion of a mystical 2046 where nothing ever changes is, in reality, simply fictional.

References for the Work

A herald of Wong's respect for his imagination, as well as a summary of his previous films, 2046 is a ground-breaking film in Wong's career, much like La Dolce Vita to Federico Fellini. As Chow Mo-Wan uses his personal experience to imagine "2047", he manages to face his troubled past. Similarly, Wong Kar-wai uses his previous personal experiences, already portrayed in his earlier movies, to imagine 2046, a film that houses his trademark sentimentalism, allowing his very self to push ahead into his realm of imagination. La Dolce Vita (1960) (translation The Sweet Life) is a film directed by Federico Fellini and usually cited as the film that signals the split between his earlier neo-realist films and his later symbolist period. ... Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was one of the most influential and widely revered Italian film-makers of the 20th century and is considered to be one of the finest film directors of all time. ...

Critical reception

In its North American release, 2046 received generally positive, sometimes glowing reviews from critics. It currently has a 83% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with 82% among the 'Cream of the Crop'.[1]

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"Routinely criticized for his weak narratives, Mr. Wong is one of the few filmmakers working in commercial cinema who refuse to be enslaved by traditional storytelling. He isn't the first and certainly not the only one to pry cinema from the grip of classical narrative, to take a pickax to the usual three-act architecture (or at least shake the foundation), while also dispatching with the art-deadening requirements (redemption, closure, ad nauseam) that have turned much of Big Hollywood into a creative dead zone. Like some avant-garde filmmakers and like his contemporary, Hou Hsiao-hsien of Taiwan, among precious few others these days, Mr. Wong makes movies, still a young art, that create meaning through visual images, not just words."[2] Hou Hsiao-Hsien (Traditional Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hou2 Hsiao4-hsien2) (born April 8, 1947) is an award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwans New Wave cinema movement. ...

In Premiere Magazine, Glenn Kenny gave the film four stars and ranked it as one of the ten best movies of 2005: This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

"Insanely evocative ’60s-style landscapes and settings share screen space with claustrophobic futuristic CGI metropolises; everyone smokes and drinks too much; musical themes repeat as characters get stuck in their own self-defeating modes of eternal return. A puzzle, a valentine, a sacred hymn to beauty (particularly that of Ziyi Zhang, almost preternaturally gorgeous and delivering an ineffable performance), and a cynical shrug of the shoulders at the damned impermanence of it all, 2046 is a movie to live in."[3] Zhang Ziyi ZHANG Ziyi (章子怡; pinyin: Zhāng Zǐyí, pronounced like Jahng Dzih-ee) (born February 9, 1979) is a Chinese actress and dancer. ...

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"Is it worth the challenge? Of course it is. Wong stands as the leading heir to the great directors of post-WWII Europe: His work combines the playfulness and disenchantment of Godard, the visual fantasias of Fellini, the chic existentialism of Antonioni, and Bergman's brooding uncertainties. In this film, he drills further into an obsession with memory, time, and longing than may even be good for him, and his world reflects and refracts our own more than may be comfortable for us. Love hurts in 2046, but it's the only way anybody knows they're alive."[4]

One of the less enthusiastic reviews came from Roger Ebert who, in the Chicago Sun-Times, gave the film a midly-negative 2 1/2 stars out of a possible four and a 'marginal thumbs down' on the television show Ebert and Roeper. Roger Ebert (right) with Russ Meyer, 1970 Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is an Emmy Award-nominated American television personality, author, and film critic who began writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, every week since 1967. ... New Chicago Sun-Times home located at 350 N. Orleans St. ... Ebert & Roeper (formerly Siskel & Ebert) is a popular movie-review television program starring film critic Roger Ebert and columnist Richard Roeper, both of the Chicago Sun-Times. ...

"2046 arrived at the last minute at Cannes 2003, after missing its earlier screenings; the final reel reportedly arrived at the airport almost as the first was being shown. It was said to be unfinished, and indeed there were skeletal special effects that now appear in final form, but perhaps it was never really finished in his mind. Perhaps he would have appreciated the luxury that Woody Allen had with Crimes and Misdemeanors; he looked at the first cut of the film, threw out the first act, called the actors back and reshot, focusing on what turned out to be the central story. Watching 2046, I wonder what it could possibly mean to anyone not familiar with Wong's work and style. Unlike In the Mood for Love, it is not a self-contained film, although it's certainly a lovely meander."[5] Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, musician, and comedian. ... Crimes and Misdemeanors is a film written and directed by Woody Allen. ... In the Mood for Love (花樣年華, Yale (Cantonese): fa1 yeung6 nin4 wa4, Hanyu pinyin: huā yàng nián huá, literal translation: The Magnificence of Years Past like Flowers) is a 2000 Hong Kong art film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu Wai. ...

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Music

Original music:

• Shigeru Umebayashi: "2046 Main Theme" (scenes 5, 15 and closing credits), "2046 Main Theme (Rumba Version)" (scene 25), "Interlude I" (scenes 29, 38), "Polonaise" (scenes 37, 43), "Lost", "Long Journey" (Scenes 40-41), "Interlude II" (Scene 30), "2046 Main Theme" (With Percussion, Train Remix)
• Peer Raben: "Dark Chariot" (Scenes 7-9, 12-13), "Sisyphos At Work" (Scene 4)

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• Xavier Cugat: "Siboney" (scenes 6 (instrumental), 17, 19, 24), "Perfidia" (scenes 10, 39)
• Dean Martin: "Sway" (scene 18)
• Georges Delerue: "Julien et Barbara" (originally from the soundtrack of Francois Truffaut's Vivement Dimanche!) (scenes 21-23, 42)
• Connie Francis: "Siboney"
• Vincenzo Bellini and Felice Romani: Norma opera: "Casta Diva", performed by Angela Gheorghiu and the London Symphony Orchestra, directed by Evelino Pido - recorded in 2000 (scenes 11, 14, 28, 36)
• Zbigniew Preisner: "Decision" (originally from the soundtrack of Thou shalt not kill, Part 5 of Krzysztof Kieślowski's The Decalogue)
• Secret Garden: "Adagio" with David Agnew (cor anglais) (scenes 3, 27, 31, 34)
• Nat King Cole and the Nat King Cole Trio: "The Christmas Song" (scenes 20, 35)
• Bellini Il Pirata (scenes 16, 26)

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Producers

• Eric Heumann - co-producer
• Amedeo Panaghi - co-producer
• Marc Sillam - co-producer
• Wong Kar-wai - producer
• Zhang Yimou - producer

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Cinematographers

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

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Awards

• In April 2004, the film was nominated for the Golden Palm at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, later receiving mixed reviews (Although the version of the film that was submitted to Cannes was a work in progress, Wong was still editing the film the night before the premiere).
• In November 2004, it won awards for Best Art Direction and Best Original Film Score at the Golden Horse Film Festival in Taiwan.
• In March 2005, it was nominated in numerous categories at the Hong Kong Film Awards, winning Best Actor (Tony Leung), Best Actress (Zhang Ziyi), Best Cinematography (Christopher Doyle), Best Costume Design and Make-Up, Best Art Direction, and Best Original Film Score (Shigeru Umebayashi).

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Box Office

2046 earned a disappointing $6 million HKD in Hong Kong. This is typical for Wong Kar-wai, whose films generally gross in the $6-$10 million HKD range in Hong Kong.

2046 opened in North America on August 5, 2005, where it grossed $113,074 USD on four screens ($28,268 average). It went on to gross a total of $1,444,588 USD in North America, playing at 61 venues at its widest point.

Its total worldwide box office gross is $19,271,312 USD.

Release dates

US version of the 2046 film poster

• France: May 20, 2004 - Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival
• Shanghai China: September 20, 2004 - Premiere in Asia
• Hong Kong: September 29, 2004
• Malaysia: September 30, 2004
• Taiwan: October 1, 2004
• Singapore: October 14, 2004
• United Kingdom: October 15, 2004
• France: October 20, 2004
• South Korea: October 22, 2004
• Japan: October 23, 2004
• Italy: October 29, 2004
• Thailand: November 4, 2004
• Norway: November 5, 2004
• Denmark: November 12, 2004
• Portugal: November 18, 2004
• Finland: November 26, 2004
• Spain: November 26, 2004
• Germany: January 13, 2005
• Netherlands: February 3, 2005
• U.S.: August 5, 2005

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See also

• List of movies set in Hong Kong

While most of local Hong Kong movies were filmed locally, several foreign movies were also, at least partly, set in Hong Kong. ...

External links

• 2046 at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website, by Jet Tone Films Ltd (Hong Kong)
• Official website, by Ocean Films (France) (in French)
• Official website (Japan) (in Japanese)
• MonkeyPeaches 2046 page
• 2046 Zhang Ziyi fanpage
• Zhang Ziyi CSC: 2046
• 2046 Movie Review at Lunapark6.com
• 2046 at Rotten Tomatoes
• 2046 at Box Office Mojo

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