Are any other film geeks as stoked for 2046 as I am?

[sir_captain]

Do we have any Wong Kar-Wai fans out there? 2046 is getting fantastic reviews at Cannes, and I for one can't wait to see it.

[Emboldened Chimp]

1. Yeah, sounds like a cool movie

though I should point out that I'm not a film geek.

[Richardo]

2. I'm going to be 90...

...but I'll endeavor to try to remain stoked. :thumbsup:

[sir_captain]

3. Hehe

they actually had to cancel the initial screening cause it *still* wasn't done.

[Richardo]

4. No, seriously. I'll be 90 in 2046.

I hope the movie comes out before then. ;)

[sir_captain]

5. Oh

heh...ok

[Tummler]

6. I don't know anything about it

...but I will check out any WKW film (i.e., order the DVD from overseas) "sight unseen." WKW rules!

[sir_captain]

7. It's sort of a sequel

to In the Mood for Love, apparently.

[Tummler]

8. Awesome!

That's my favorite WKW film!!

I just looked at the cast:
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0212712/

It has Maggie Cheung! It has Carina Lau! It has Gong Li! It has Zhang Ziyi! It has Faye Wong! All of them are total hotties!

It also has Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), who is probably my favorite HK actor!

One of the cinematographers is the brilliant Christopher Doyle! The other is Jean-Yves Escoffier, who worked on the movie (Gummo) from which I took my screen name!

I can't wait!!!!!

[sir_captain]

9. Yeah, it's going to be awesome

Tony Leung (who I agree is incredibly awesome) is playing the same character from In the Mood for Love and Maggie Cheung has a tiny, tiny cameo in his memories, apparently.

[Tummler]

10. Speaking of Tony Leung...

I ran across this article just now at kungfucinema.com:

He has been called Hong Kong's answer to Johnny Depp, partly because of his adoring female fans and age-proof pin-up looks (he's 41), but also for his ability to switch between small art films and big commercial ones without missing a step.

**snip**

But where Depp is the lovable eccentric, Leung is the tragic hero - solitary, sensitive and vulnerable. He has a way of conveying suppressed emotion, with furrowed brow and eyes welling with tears, that makes women want to take him home and look after him, and men want to emulate him.

"Once I'm committed to a role, I will go very deep into it, even when I'm not at work," he says. "I'll keep on studying the script, maybe 40 or 50 times. I might call a scriptwriter at three in the morning to say I've thought of something new."

That's when there is a script. Much of Leung's best work has been with Wong Kar-wai, who prefers to feel his way towards a story through improvisation and experimentation. "You always need to see the finished movie," Leung says of his five films with Wong, "because when you are doing it you don't have any idea what the story is about. You can play the character one way, then play him a different way the next day. Or maybe, after three months' shooting, he'll tell you, 'This is not the character we want. Maybe we'll change it.' Or, 'The story is totally different now.' It's very interesting."

Much more:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-05/19/content_331961.htm