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Chow (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) is a ladies' man. He knows how to attract them and keep them at a distance. Having been burned in an earlier affair, he is loath to reveal to them the ache of lost love at his core. Yet he needs a woman; he seems happy only when he can nod off, in a taxi, on a kind lady's shoulder. He sounds like a weary cynic, but underneath he is like every Wong Kar-wai character: a melancholy romantic. And he has the bruises to prove...
...Wong's work habits may exasperate those around him. But a question remains: is the movie good? And the answer is no. It's wonderful?a rich, glamorous and acutely human work with superb performances by Leung and the four gorgeous actresses...
...when many serious directors, especially in Europe, are making films with graphic sex, Wong remains a gentleman in matters of the groin. 2046 does have one vigorous bedroom encounter, with the nude Leung and Zhang Ziyi attractively entangled. But the erotic knockout punch is a kiss?sudden, brutal, passionate and 35 seconds long?between Leung and Gong Li. They go at each other like two drowning strangers giving each other CPR. Now that's sexy...
...Last week, Leung, 48, kicked open a very stout door when voters elected him to the territory's Legislative Council, or Legco. The closely watched Legco race, in which the big issue was whether China should allow Hong Kong greater democratic freedoms (such as directly electing its leader), concluded with mixed results. Voter turnout was 55.6%, a record high, and the pro-democracy camp picked up three additional seats and 58% of the popular vote. But given the peculiar way in which Legco is constituted?with some seats reserved for professional groups?the democrats' success did not translate into...
...Legco is guaranteed to be noisier after the election of Long Hair Leung and a pro-democracy former radio talk-show host, Albert Cheng. Leung campaigned both for democracy and for the government to do more for the poor. He says he has no intention of dressing up?his wardrobe consists of Che Guevara T shirts and Teva sandals?and the day after the election, Leung was at the gates of the main government-office building protesting about polling irregularities. Instead of getting arrested, he was invited in. Quaffing a beer at a bar the next day, he chuckled...