be warn . this be crap that other crap would not even deign to be in company with because it beneath them . okay and get that out of the way and let me say something more substantive . i have see ash of time a very long time ago think it be a fresh take on the material which be base on a highly revere wuxia tome of a novel due to the emerge reputation of the director and wong kar wai . well and despite of all of that wkw hasn not succeed at adapt the novel on screen accord to a lot of wuxia fan while mostly it be just shot of drip water and bead of sweat and leg of horse run and etc . i couldn not sit through most of the movie . fast forward many year later when i want to give mr. wong movie another shot after hear many praise and especially from cannes . i be intrigue by his late and 2046. a friend tell me to start w or chungking express because it be his most accessible movie . so wrong . i be just p. o. that i get dupe into waste my time and money on this piece of pretentious nothingness . some professional reviewer mention it a a meditation on alienation and loneliness in a modern big city and blah and blah and blah . it all fine if the director have a point of view with something to say a to why these thing happen and tell it . but no and he merely show what be . faye wong act be very typical of hong kong style represent garble enunciation and deer in the headlight wide eye expression and try to be cute and girlish kind of act while the rest of the cast be equally uninspired . i think the word and auteur and be a euphemism for a director who try something new and different and which be to be applaud and but not one who hasn not yet master the art of cinematic story telling and which be what mr. wong be and for the last 17 year .