2046 derected by Wong Kar Wai almost missed movie screening at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s not certain whether the film was actually finished or not， but Time magazine likes 2046 and describes him as the most romantic filmmaker in the world.
He has used some of the famous， beautiful and talented actors in Hong Kong and China in films. Chinese heartthrobs① Gong Li， Faye Wong and Zhang Ziyi feature in 2046. But it is the Hong Kong stars Maggie Cheung， Tony Leung and the late Leslie Cheung he has worked with most. They have helped build his romantic reputation with their melancholy② performances as star-crossed lovers in such films as Happy Together， In the Mood for Love and Chungking Express.
His crew have also won acclaim③ all over the world. In 1993 Australian Chris Doyle won the Best Cinematographer award at the Venice Film Festival for Ashes of Time， and has since become one of the most well-known cinematographers in Asia. Wong’s designer， William Cheung， has also received awards and worked with Hong Kong directors Stanley Kwan and Tsui Hark.
This internationally successful filmmaker was born in Shanghai in 1958 and moved to Hong Kong with his family when he was five. He studied graphic④ design at Hong Kong Polytechnic before working for two years as a television station assistant. Over the next five years he wrote over ten feature films. He made his first film， As Tears Go By， in 1988 and since then he has made an average of one film every two years.
So how did he almost miss the screening at Cannes？ Wong explained， “We’ve been working on the film for the last four years. People said it would never end， but now it’s time to let it go. If I had another three weeks then the film would be different. 2046 is finished， but there will be lots of extra⑤ scenes on the DVD！”
① heartthrobn. 迷恋的对象
② melancholyadj. 忧郁的，郁闷的
③ acclaimn. 欢呼，喝彩，称赞
④ graphicadj. 图解的，坐标式的，生动的，写实的
⑤ extraadj. 额外的，外加的
《2046》
王家卫导演的《2046》差点错过戛纳电影节。这部电影到底有没有完成并不确定，但是《时代》杂志很喜欢《2046》这部影片，并称他是世界上最浪漫的导演。
他采用了香港和大陆几位有名、俊美且有才华的演员。大陆最喜爱的巩俐、王菲和章子怡都在《2046》中演出。但是他和香港明星张曼玉、梁朝伟以及已逝的张国荣一起工作的机会最多，他们以忧郁的表演，在《春光乍泄》、《花样年华》和《重庆森林》等片中饰演命运多舛的恋人，帮助他建立起浪漫之名。
他的工作团队也在世界各地获得好评。澳洲籍的杜可风，于1993年以《东邪西毒》在威尼斯影展获得最佳电影摄影奖，从此成为亚洲最知名的电影摄影家之一。王家卫的美术造型设计师张叔平也拿过好几个奖，并和香港导演关锦鹏、徐克一同工作过。
这位获得国际性成功的电影导演1958年出生于上海，他5岁的时候随同家人搬到香港。在电视台担任两年助理之前，他曾于香港理工学院攻读平面设计。接下来的5年间，他写下十多部故事片剧本。1988年他拍摄第一部电影《旺角卡门》，此后平均每两年拍摄一部电影。
那么他为什么差点错过在戛纳电影节的电影放映呢？王家卫解释道：“我们在过去4年中一直在拍这部影片。大家都说会永远拍不完，但现在是放手的时候了。如果我还有三个星期的时间，这部电影就会不一样。《2046》拍完了，但是DVD里面会有非常多的漏网镜头！”
