September 22, 2004

Wong Kar Wai talks about 2046

2046 barely screened at Cannes, after the director hand-carried the not-quite-finished print to the rebooked theatre. Now it's being released in the UK, and it turns out Wong has actually re-edited it since May.

Read Howard Feinstein's interview with WKW and his recounting of the tortured making of in the Guardian

"It was like being in jail" [Guardian UK]

Related: I, too, delivered an unfinished film to Cannes, a fact I mention because of the deep, meaningful resonance between Wong Kar Wai's films and career and my own.

film festivals | souvenir (november 2001) | posted by greg at September 22, 2004 12:25 PM | TrackBack