2046 DVD

2046
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, All Movie Guide

Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai as Chow Mo-wan Gong Li as Su Lizhen Takuya Kimura as Tak Faye Wong as Wang Jingwen/wjw 1967 Zhang Ziyi as Bai Ling Carina Lau as Lulu/Mimi Chang Cheng as Mimi cc 1966 Wang Sum as Mr. Wang Wang Sum as Train Captain Lam Siu-ping as Ping Thongchai McIntyre as Bird Dong Jie as Wang Jiewen

Crew Alfred Yau - Art Director Amedeo Panaghi - Co-producer Marc Sillam - Co-producer Eric Heumann - Co-producer William Chang - Costume Designer Wong Kar-Wai - Director William Chang - Editor Peer Raben - Composer (Music Score) Shigeru Umebayashi - Composer (Music Score) William Chang - Production Designer Kwan Pun-leung - Cinematographer Lai Yiu-Fai - Cinematographer Christopher Doyle - Cinematographer Wong Kar-Wai - Producer BUF - Special Effects Claude Letessier - Sound/Sound Designer Tu Duu-chih - Sound/Sound Designer Wong Kar-Wai - Screenwriter

2046
Because it wasn't advertised as a sequel to In the Mood for Love ("sequel" being a pedestrian Hollywood term that wouldn't apply), Wong Kar-Wai's 2046 might frustrate confused viewers who weren't aware there was a crucial first chapter. But even those who saw Wong's beautiful and elegiac treatise on love will be a little frustrated by 2046, particularly literalists in search of narrative fluidity or character catharsis. It's not that much of a sci-fi movie; the title alludes to a hotel room number more than a year, although as a year, it has a secondary function that never quite crystallizes. But it's still in the same category as films like Steven Soderbergh's Solaris and Steven Spielberg's A.I. -- films whose existential agendas divided their audiences, enrapt devotees on one side, bitter detractors on the other. What's indisputable is that 2046 is the ultimate tone poem, and since Wong is a master of tone, it can be a transporting experience. The trio of cinematographers (including the acclaimed Christopher Doyle, reprising from Mood) brings a dreamy look to the film that's entrancing. The soft focus and slow wandering of the camera has the effect of making love to the actors and scenery, oozing in for private glimpses, from strange angles. The film is a technical masterpiece that perfectly underscores Wong's themes, and Tony Leung makes an effortlessly sympathetic guide, even when his character's actions seem amoral. It's the film's substance that will give pause to some viewers. The narrative is structured strangely, spending ample time on a woman (Zhang Ziyi) he doesn't care about, but skimping on the exposition with the two women he supposedly adores. Like the thematic cousins mentioned earlier, 2046 also comes dangerously close to pretentiousness -- which may be the defining difference from the sweet simplicity of In the Mood for Love. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
 

Christopher Doyle: L.A. Film Critics Association, Best Cinematography (Runner-up) (winner) Christopher Doyle: National Society of Film Critics, Best Cinematography (winner) Christopher Doyle: New York Film Critics Circle, Best Cinematography (winner) Christopher Doyle: Online Film Critics Association, Best Cinematography (nominated) Kwan Pun-leung: L.A. Film Critics Association, Best Cinematography (Runner-up) (winner) Kwan Pun-leung: National Society of Film Critics, Best Cinematography (winner) Kwan Pun-leung: New York Film Critics Circle, Best Cinematography (winner) Kwan Pun-leung: Online Film Critics Association, Best Cinematography (nominated) Lai Yiu-Fai: L.A. Film Critics Association, Best Cinematography (Runner-up) (winner) Lai Yiu-Fai: National Society of Film Critics, Best Cinematography (winner) Lai Yiu-Fai: New York Film Critics Circle, Best Cinematography (winner) Lai Yiu-Fai: Online Film Critics Association, Best Cinematography (nominated) William Chang: L.A. Film Critics Association, Best Production Design (winner) Wong Kar-Wai: National Society of Film Critics, Best Director (Runner-up) (winner) Zhang Ziyi: National Society of Film Critics, Best Supporting Actress (Runner-up) (winner)

Broadcast Film Critics Association, Best Foreign Language Film (nominated) Chicago Film Critics Association, Best Foreign Language Film (nominated) L.A. Film Critics Association, Best Foreign Language Film (Runner-up) (winner) National Board of Review, Best Foreign Language Film (nominated) National Society of Film Critics, Best Foreign Language Film (Runner-up) (winner) National Society of Film Critics, Best Picture (Runner-up) (winner) New York Film Critics Circle, Best Foreign Film (winner) Online Film Critics Association, Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: Cantonese Subtitle Options: English, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: Deleted scenes Alternate ending Behind the scenes of "2046" "Anatomy of Memories": Production design featurette Intervirews with Wong Kar Wai, Tony Leung & Ziyi Zhang Music montage "The Music of 2046" branching featurette Numerology of 2046 Poster gallery DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1: 2.40:1 MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 128 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #1 -- 2046 1. Start [:41] 2. Leaving Shanghai [3:06] 3. Hong Kong Lulu [1:26] 4. 2047 [2:35] 5. Two Daughters [:23] 6. 2046 [:02] 7. Miss Bai [1:50] 8. A Token [1:44] 9. Christmas [1:45] 10. A Fine Joke [:50] 11. Ten Dollars [1:38] 12. Short on Cash [:34] 13. A Warning [2:13] 14. "Pay Up." [:02] 15. Volume [1:48] 16. Crossed Paths [2:13] 17. Jingwen's Letter [:32] 18. Collaboration [3:05] 19. Android [:02] 20. "I'll Be Your Tree." [1:20] 21. The Five Decays of Celestial Beings" [2:31] 22. Another Christmas [:37] 23. Santa Claus [2:55] 24. Sad Ending [:05] 25. Drinking Pals [4:04] 26. Black Spide [:29] 27. What He Was Looking For [:03] 28. Memories [6:11]