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Wong: Yes, it was one of the most difficult things, because we have the experience with the schedule and other difficulties in making a film, but this time?you have to understand about this Asian Financial Crisis, because it is coming out of nowhere suddenly. And it seems to be the end of the world, because our finance is mostly from Asia, and the investors in the film all have problems.
All sorts of things, because we have to wait and wait, and at one point because we have committed to make another film at the end of last year, so we cannot postpone it; because there are different actors, and the schedule is tight too, so we have to make two films back to back at the same time. So it created a lot of problems. But also we would benefit from that, because we have to shoot two films at the same time, we have to shoot "2046" in Bangkok and we are shooting "2046" we look for the location, we realized there is something...so we decided to move productions to Bangkok to shoot the rest of the film. And so the film actually benefits from that. Q: "2046" takes place on the beach that you are shooting on location. Is there costume designing? Wong: Yes, but don't expect "The Fifth Element." Q: How much control did you have over the final script of "2046?" How much control did you have and how much did you have to deal with the censors? Wong: If we are going to make the film in Hong Kong, we don't have any censor problems, you can do any topic you like as long as you can find the market, and I work as a writer, director, and also the producer, so I take up all these dirty jobs. So it is my responsibility to take care of this business. Q: Do you have an optimistic view of 50 years from now, or do you have a pessimistic film? Wong: I always want to think in a very optimistic way. Q: Thank you so much. Wong: Thank you. ### END ### --------------------
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