| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (119 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Hou Hsiao-hsien, Zhao Tao |
| Event |
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 2010. |
| Summary |
Shanghai's past and present flow together in Jia Zhangke's poetic and poignant portrait of this fast-changing port city. Restoring censored images and filling in forgotten facts, Jia provides an alternative version of 20th century China's fraught history as reflected through life in the Yangtze city. He builds his narrative through a series of eighteen interviews with people from all walks of life-politicians' children, ex-soldiers, criminals, and artists (including Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien)-- while returning regularly to the image of his favorite lead actress, Zhao Tao, wandering through the Shanghai World Expo Park. (The film was commissioned by the World Expo, but is anything but a piece of straightforward civic boosterism.) A richly textured tapestry full of provocative juxtapositions. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival** and **Toronto International Film Festival**. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Subject |
Asians.
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History, Modern.
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Documentary films.
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Zhangke, Jia, film director.
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Hsiao-hsien, Hou, actor.
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Tao, Zhao, actor.
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Kino Lorber (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
11614086 Kanopy |
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