Wong Kar-wai is not a science fiction director, yet 2046 features some of the most emotionally intelligent sci-fi imagery ever put to film. The future train to 2046 is a masterpiece of production design—a sleek, art deco, noirish carriage with portholes that look out onto fields of computer-generated snow and twisted trees.
There’s a moment about halfway through 2046 when Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung) sits in a dim noodle shop, narrating: “In the year 2046, nothing changes. No one knows if that’s true or not, because no one who ever went there has come back… except one.” 2046 by wong kar-wai