Admiring Gong Li

Marla

Wong Kar-Wai's "2046" (starring Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, Faye Wong and Li) is included on critics Top Ten of 2005 lists:

Glenn Kenny, Premiere magazine
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Richard Corliss, Time Magazine
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix
Gary Dretzka, Movie City News
John Waters, Art Forum
Amy Taubin, Art Forum

[I will update this msg as more lists are published...]

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Marla · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:53 am Post subject: Awards & Noms

"2046" has received four nominations for Chlotrudis Awards: Best Movie, Director (Wong Kar-Wai), Supporting Actress (Zhang Ziyi), Visual Design.
http://www.chlotrudis.org/

This film has received a lot of attention from awards groups over the past two years:

AWARDS WON:

2006 - National Society of Film Critics Awards: Cinematography
2005 - Hong Kong Film Awards: Actor (Tony Leung), Actress (Zhang Ziyi), Art Direction, Cinematography, Original Score, Costume Design & Make-up
2005 - Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards: Actor, Actress, Film of Merit
2005 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Production Design
2005 - New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Foreign Language Film, Cinematography
2005 - Mainichi Film Concours: Reader's Choice Award for Best Foreign Film
2005 - Sant Jordi Awards: Foreign Film (tie)
2004 - Screen International Award (Wong Kar-Wai)
2004 - Golden Horse Awards: Art Direction, Original Score
2004 - Valladolid Int'l Film Festival: Director of Photography, FIPRESCI Prize

NOMINATIONS:

2006 - Online Film Critics Society Awards: Foreign Language Film, Cinematography
2006 - Robert Festival: Non-American Film
2005 - Directors Guild of Great Britain: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Foreign Language Film
2005 - Hong Kong Film Awards: Best Picture, Director, Editing, Screenplay, Sound Effects, Visual Effects
2005 - Satellite Awards: Foreign Film, Cinematography
2005 - Cinema Writers Circle Awards (Spain): Foreign Film
2005 - David di Donatello Awards: Foreign Film
2004 - Cannes Film Festival: Golden Palm
2004 - Golden Horse Awards: Best Picture, Actor (Tony Leung), Actress (Zhang Ziyi), Cinematography, Make-up & Costume Design, Sound Effects
2004 - Valladolid Int'l Film Festival: Golden Spike

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Guest · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:28 am Post subject:

i don't like her hair in this movie. ziyi looked prettier to me. but gong li is very good.

beleti · Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 87

Her performance is hard to forget. In just a short movie time , she vividly shows the theme of the movie---the despair and the wisdom in the love.

templar8 · Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 169

I finally caught this magnificent picture last week on TV albeit one-third through it. So I missed Li altogether and can imagine what she was like .... Wong Kar Wai is very gifted. Texture, color and nuance like this in a motion picture is rare indeed - so I can only imagine how stylish, sexy Li filled her role.

Curiously, this local Education broadcast called the picture "In the Mood for Love" not "2046" and where this came from is a mystery. Li has noted her displeasure with lack of good roles/scripts compared to the 90's. Nonetheless, I can see the fit for Li in 2046 and I hope she works with Kar Wai again soon. Now I am all the more excited about seeing it from the beginning.