2046

“Nothing lasts forever, anyway.” Wong Kar Wai’s only direct sequel is also his single greatest film, although calling “2046” a direct anything could be a misrepresentation of how scrambled this inwardly spiraling epic can feel the first time through. Tony Leung’s Chow…

davidehrlich

“Love is all a matter of timing. It’s no good meeting the right person too soon, or too late.”

Ella Kemp

Perfectly captures the essence of a person’s headspace as they’re grappling with the fact that they can never be with Maggie Cheung

Hungkat

Two Oh Four Six is a nightmare that haunts you. Two Oh Four Six is a problem that can’t be solved. Two Oh Four Six is a rehearsal after the performance. Two Oh Four Six is an ideal that can never be realized. Two Oh Four Six is endless reexamination. Two Oh Four Six is…

Jonathan White

“All memories are traces of tears.” WONG KAR-WAI

˗ˏˋ suspirliam ˊˎ˗

The true essence of loneliness is not felt when you're alone, but when you're surrounded by people you can't connect with. No one captures a mood quite like Wong Kar Wai, the narration and the cigarette smoke crawling in slow motion, opening and closing of doors, we are all…

YI JIAN

wong kar-wai’s lonely neon male gaze

Christina

we spend so much time convincing ourselves that our troubles are singular and our souls are an island but i saw him cry on the train today and i knew that he was hurting too. maybe we've all been broken and the point isn't to pick up the pieces but just to feel the shards…

kailey

"Why can't it be like it was before?" The haunted question that echoes throughout 2046's runtime. A man searches for a special connection that may no longer exist—only to find slight fragments of that link in subsequent lovers left in his wake. An appropriate last stop…

Cory