--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service
China Calendar


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies

Jia Zhangke Rises to the Surface

Boredom, ennui, detachment, disillusionment - ah, yes, youth, the subject of Jia Zhangke's body of work (Platform, Xiao Wu, Unknown Pleasures). But whereas youth, for the Fifth Generation directors, was inexorably tied to the 'cultural revolution' and therefore invariably infused with idealism, Jia's idea of youth is more contemporary, and therefore much bleaker. His bypassing of official approval for his films has allowed him to avoid campy or simplistically neat resolutions - if the vast majority of mainland Chinese cinema can be called 'realist,' Jia's films can almost be called 'hyper-realist,' with tinges of Dogme and documentary film informing his work.

Jia also claims the Taiwan director Hou Hsiao-hsien as one of his major influences. His stark portrayals of young people in small towns, suffering from the societal ills that modernity and a rapidly opening economy brings yet hardly reaping the benefits, have won him international acclaim and hip status as an 'underground' director.

But now, the 34-year-old director has opted to creep to the surface and reach a broader domestic audience by seeking official approval for his latest film, The World (Shijie).

Appropriately, the new film takes place in Beijing and Shenzhen, rather than in
small, indus-trial towns in Shanxi (Jia's native province). According to Jia, The World will express his difficulty understanding the world.

"In recent years, I have flown to different countries," he says. "My world seems to be getting bigger, and my horizons are getting broader, but I feel at a loss in the world. I can't understand the world clearly. The film expresses this kind of puzzlement."

One of the key settings for the film will be the Window to the World in Shenzhen, an amusement park that has miniature replicas of famous landmarks and buildings from around the globe, where one of the protagonists works as a dancer. On board the project are most of the same actors Jia has worked with in his previous endeavours, including Cheng Taisheng and Wang Hongwei.

"I chose the same cast because [these actors] all share the same confusion I feel about the world." For the first time Jia will also be using a completely professional crew. He has even enlisted Taiwanese composer Lin Qiang, who composed the score for many of Hou Hsiao-hsien's films.

Will a bigger budget and official approval soften the hard edges that Jia's previous films had? He insists that The World has not been censored much, and it did not affect his creative process at all. Moreover, he claims that the official process offered him respite from the pressure of producing a film entirely on his own.

"It's just the way it is," he says. "If I want to reach a wider audience, I have to go through the system." The World will wrap up production at the end of July. Distributors have not yet confirmed a release date.

(thatsmagazines.com June 8, 2004)

'Underground' Movie Directors Emerge
Films of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Director Jia Zhangke: True to Life
Jiang Wen: A Good Film Should Taste like Strong Liquor
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产乱子伦视频在线观看| www.爱情岛论坛| 在线视频网址免费播放| 日本黄色影院在线观看| 在线播放中文字幕| 亚洲AV无码一区二区三区在线| 舔舔小核欲成欢| 国内精品一卡2卡3卡4卡三卡| 久久精品国产亚洲精品2020| 男女污污视频在线观看| 国产成人精品免高潮在线观看| 一本色道久久88—综合亚洲精品 | 波多野结衣免费一区视频| 国产亚洲自拍一区| 5252色欧美在线男人的天堂| 成人狠狠色综合| 亚洲午夜国产精品| 美女教师一级毛片| 国产欧美精品一区二区三区| h视频在线观看免费观看| 日韩精品亚洲人成在线观看| 人成精品视频三区二区一区| 超清中文乱码精品字幕在线观看| 国内少妇人妻丰满AV| japanesexxxxhd熟睡直播| 小蝌蚪影院在线观看| 久久青青草原国产精品免费| 特级毛片www| 国产mv在线天堂mv免费观看| 香蕉啪视频在线观看视频久| 国产视频一区二区| 三上悠亚ssni409在线看| 最近国语免费看| 人人干人人干人人干| 隔壁老王国产在线精品| 国产色婷婷精品综合在线| 99热精品久久只有精品30| 无码午夜人妻一区二区不卡视频 | 国产精品毛片无码| www.jizzonline.com| 日本一卡精品视频免费|