Sony Pictures Classics
Directed by Wong Kar Wai
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Starz)
Kar Wai's meditation on the nature of love: how people fall into habits and refuse to change. Letting go of the past is particularly difficult, a major theme which frames the movie. A writer imagines a future where people travel by train through time. A popular destination is 2046, where supposedly nothing changes, which also happens to be the room number of his hotel in late 1960's Hong Kong. He has relationships with a series of women, some for sex, others for drinking, but none of them last. Each one is dissected in detail, and as a result it can get a bit talky. Also, I'm not sure the sci fi angle really added anything to the plot other than an android fashion show. Still, it is a beautiful film to look at, steeped in deep, rich colors, resulting in an almost poetic experience that may improve with repeated viewings.
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