2046 2004  R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Gong Li, Kimura Takuya, Faye Wong, Zhang Ziyi, Carina Lau, Chang Chen, Sum Wang, Siu Ping Lam, Maggie Cheung, Dong Jie
The number 2046 has more than one meaning for novelist Chow Mo Wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) who lives in the year 2046 but travels back to the year 1966, during which time he begins a series of affairs with women who subsequently move into hotel room 2046.
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As Tears Go By 1988  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Alex Man, Ronald Wong, Lam Kau, William Chang
Hong Kong gangster Wah (Andy Lau) has always protected his protege, Fly (Jacky Cheung). But, now Wah has fallen in love with his cousin, Ngor (Maggie Cheung), and is reassessing his life. The decision could leave the short-fused Fly out in the cold.
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Chungking Express 1994  PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Romance
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wang, Valerie Chow, Chen Jinquan, Lee-na Kwan, Zhjiming Huang, Liang Zhen, Zuo Songshen, Lynne Langdon
Two cops, Badge No. 223 (Takeshi Kaneshiro) and Badge No. 663 (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), are trying to get over broken romances and find new loves while hanging around the "Midnight Express" fast-food restaurant in this excellent film that was shot in just 23 days.
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Days of Being Wild 1991 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Rebecca Pan, Jacky Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Danilo Antunes, Hung Mei-Mei, Ling Ling Hung, Tita Munoz, Alicia Alonzo
Director Wong Kar Wai's second film is set in 1960s' Hong Kong where handsome Yuddy (Leslie Cheung) dallies with two women unable to choose between them. Yuddy was raised by his ex-prostitute aunt (Rebecca Pan) who would not reveal the name of his birth-mother–until she makes plans to move to the U.S. When Yuddy learns that his birth-mother is in the Philippines, he heads there in pursuit.
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 Eros 2004  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh, Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Gong Li, Chang Chen, Tin Fung, Antie Luk, Robert Downey Jr., Alan Arkin, Ele Keats, Christopher Buchholz, Regina Nemni, Luisa Ranieri
Directors Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh, and Wong Kar Wai present three short stories, each one of which–as the title suggests–involves a lustful tale.
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Fallen Angels 1995 R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung, Karen Mok, Yuk-ho Wu, Toru Saito, Chan Fai-hung, Man-Lei Chan, To-hoi Kong, Lee-na Kwan
Director Wong Kar Wai is at it again with stimulating sights and sounds. Rather than a detailed plot, this is really a character study of late-night lonely people in today's Hong Kong. There is the hit man who has had enough of his trade, his female "agent" he has never met, the mute who reopens closed shops in the middle of the night, and the bleached blonde who is searching for someone to love.
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 In the Mood for Love 2000 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Rebecca Pan, Lai Chen, Siu Ping-Lam, Chin Chi-Ang, Chan Man-lui, Koo Kam-wah, Yu Hsien, Chow Po-Chun
When neighbors (Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung) realize their respective spouses are enjoying an affair, they form their own special bond of role-playing. This is one of Wong Kar Wai's finest films.
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My Blueberry Nights 2007 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman, Frankie Faison, Cat Power, Adriane Lenox, Benjamin Kanes, John Malloy, Chad R. Davis, Katya Blumenberg, Michael Delano, Bill Hollis
Elizabeth (Norah Jones) suffers a rough breakup with her boyfriend and, hoping to find peace following the storm, leaves her new friend, cafe owner Jeremy (Jude Law), behind and sets off on a cross-country trip. To pay for her expenses, Elizabeth finds temporary waitress jobs along the way. Among those she meets on her trek are alcoholic cop Arnie (David Strathairn) and his partying wife Sue Lynne (Rachel Weisz) who are patrons at a bar Elizabeth works at in Memphis. After Arnie kills himself, Elizabeth comforts Sue Lynne. Later, while working as a cocktail waitress in Nevada, Elizabeth becomes involved with compulsive gambler Leslie (Natalie Portman). Through these lost souls, Elizabeth learns how to conquor her own loneliness.
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| 1. 2046 (2004)
2. As Tears Go By (1988)
3. Chungking Express (1994)
4. Days of Being Wild (1991)
5. Eros (2004)
6. Fallen Angels (1995)
7. Happy Together (1997)
8. In the Mood for Love (2000)
9. My Blueberry Nights (2007)
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