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The last seduction.(2046 )(Movie Review)

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| August 01, 2005 | Powers, John | COPYRIGHT 2005 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: John Powers

The deliriously glamorous 2046 is Wong Kar Wai's follow-up to his art-house hit In the Mood For Love. Wearing a Clark Gable mustache, the Hong Kong actor Tony Leung stars as Chow, a caddish writer whose romantic sadism is all the more insidious because he smiles so sweetly. Chow works his charm on several of Asia's most famous leading ladies (including Gong Li, Carina Lau, and the Chinese Madonna, Faye Wong), his seductiveness reaching its ...

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