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We started a film club last summer, which met for the 3rd time last night. There’s a couple of other people involved from my Gospel Community and a few other people that we’ve got to know through our band and the Open Mic Night at the Broadfield in Sheffield.
Last night it was Nora’s turn to choose a film. She’s from Hong Kong and so chose a film set there called ‘2046′.
The film clocks in at 2hrs and 3 minutes and I have to say you do feel it. The style was very french, with long pauses between sentences, slow motion as people did… not very much slowly anyway! There is also a lot of s ex, although it is not graphic.
But having said that it is beautifully shot and raises some interesting questions (if you can follow the plot!).
Basically it is a story from the perspective of Chow Mo-Wan.
The story starts, or so it says in the year 2046. The main character, who at this point is japanese (all becomes clear towards the end of the film) is travelling on a train. He talks about how people go to ‘2046′ to find lost memories, because nothing ever changes in 2046. People don’t know how long it takes to come back from 2046 because no-one ever has.
It transpires that 2046 is in fact a story written by Chow. who is a pulp-fiction novelist. The film is in fact set in the 1960’s in Hong Kong mainly.
WARNING – don’t read on if you don’t want the story spoiled! Read the rest of this entry »
