WKW 2046

2046 - The Movie: The PlotHong Kong 1966: The writer Chow is writing a science fiction novel in his hotel room. The further he pushes his fictional love story, set in the future, the deeper he delves into a vortex of memories of his own love affairs. The three women who were important to him appear again in his mind's eye. Each one has left its indelible mark on his soul, but above all the thoughts of his only real, unfulfilled love haunt him. A mysterious, fascinatingly shimmering series of images emerges in his head, a maelstrom of beautiful and sad feelings, secret longings and wild passions. And it soon becomes clear that fantasy and longing memories are inseparable ...
Further information on the 2046 film is available here.

Wong Kar Wai

Wong Kar-Wai was born in Shanghai. The family moved to Hong Kong when he was five years old. He studied graphic design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic College until 1980. He then worked as a television production assistant for two years. Between 1982 and 1987 he wrote over ten scripts in various genres as a screenwriter, from romantic comedy to action drama. Final victory; 1986, producer: Patrick Tam) Wong considers himself his best work.
Since 1988, Wong has directed ten feature films and won numerous awards.
His collaboration with cameraman Christopher Doyle began in 1991 with the feature film Days of Being Wild. In 2001, Wong Kar-Wai made the short film The Follow as part of BMW's The Hire short advertising film series. He also made a commercial for Lacoste, again with the Taiwanese actor Chang Chen, who also appeared in the films Happy Together and 2046.
Four years after In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-Wai completed its sequel in 2046 with a considerable delay in 2004. The production had been postponed again and again, which caused jokes about the announced premiere date in relation to the title. The film finally celebrated its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, and not without causing a stir there too. The press screening had been canceled due to "transport difficulties"; for the first time in the history of the festival this took place at the same time as the gala performance. According to rumors, however, the film was still in the works for subtitling until the end. In any case, the critics were enthusiastic about the extraordinarily staged work,
Wong Kar-Wai was the 2006 jury president at the Cannes Film Festival. A year later he was represented in the competition there at the 60th Film Festival with the opening film My Blueberry Nights.
In 2013, Wong is the jury president of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. At the same time, his non-competitive martial arts film Yi dai zong shi (The Grandmaster) about two rival Kung Fu masters (played by Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Zhang Ziyi) opened the festival.

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