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...Chow intersected with all these women too soon or too late. Wong Kar-wai got all of them at the apogee of their craft and allure. That's part of his filmmaking process: to sculpt the role to the performer. "If you want to make a film with an actor or actress, there must be something that attracts you. I'm trying to exploit that quality, which they might not even be aware of. So I normally don't ask actresses to play other people. It's just...
...TIME: 2046 features a lot of actors who are new to you, like Li and Zhang. Is it difficult to accustom them to your working methods? Wong: The script actually develops with the characters. If you want to make a film with an actor or actress, there must be something that attracts you. I'm trying to exploit it, the quality that they might not even be aware of themselves. Normally, I don't ask people to act certain persons. It's just be you. Like Gong Li when I'm making Eros with her, I have kind...
...TIME: So the character and the actor co-exist in your mind? Wong: Yes. There is no acting in it. It's like seamless, because they have that quality, at least according to my observation...
PREVIOUS MR. GARNER: Felicity actor and future trivia answer Scott Foley...
...drug deal and the cops' tracking of it make for a beautifully orchestrated 20min. set piece. The camera is ever on the prowl, but discreetly, observantly, like a cat burglar casing his victim's digs. Little editing ruses--a second or two of slow motion, say, to catch an actor's anguished face--heighten the intensity...