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lsandersonI missed seeing 2046 at the Walker; it was free but full (I guess sold-out does not work...) Last night I biked to the Uptown to see it. Manohla Darqis pretty much raved about it in the NY Times, but I found her descriptor "art-house" more appropriate. I dearly wished for a fast-forward button.
The movie mixes relationships, a train to 2046, and various hotel rooms numbered 2046 (and 2047) to portray asian women dressed mostly in high-necked gorgeous silk dresses, coming, going, and havig sex with the rakish leading man of the movie. The train sequences intersperse asian women made up to look like androids fresh out of either Bladerunner or an animee feature. Dripping fluids, mostly tears, appear as a motif, along with a host of placards and rotating motifs, appear throughout. The design, cinematography, and actresses are stuning, but it's very much what the John Water's No Smoking in This Theatre commercial ustta call a "European Movie." Could have used more cuter nekkid men, although it does pass the nekkid man test. Most of the movie goes to musing about art, sex, money, gambling, prostitution, affairs, dining, and pretty women.
The movie mixes relationships, a train to 2046, and various hotel rooms numbered 2046 (and 2047) to portray asian women dressed mostly in high-necked gorgeous silk dresses, coming, going, and havig sex with the rakish leading man of the movie. The train sequences intersperse asian women made up to look like androids fresh out of either Bladerunner or an animee feature. Dripping fluids, mostly tears, appear as a motif, along with a host of placards and rotating motifs, appear throughout. The design, cinematography, and actresses are stuning, but it's very much what the John Water's No Smoking in This Theatre commercial ustta call a "European Movie." Could have used more cuter nekkid men, although it does pass the nekkid man test. Most of the movie goes to musing about art, sex, money, gambling, prostitution, affairs, dining, and pretty women.
