ER SHI SI CHENG JI
24 City
China/Japan
2008
107 minutes
As the former weapons state factory 420, in the Chinese city of Chengdu, is being demolished to make way for a luxury condo development, some of its former workers tell their stories to the camera. Thoughtful snapshot of modern China and its relation to the past, seamlessly inserting fictional elements into a documentary framework to create an intriguing hybrid.
An Xstream Pictures/Shanghai Film Group Corporation/China Resources (Holdings) Company presentation/production, in association with Office Kitano, Bandai Visual, Bitters End.
Starring Joan Chen, Lv Liping, Zhao Tao, Chen Jianbin.
Directed by Jia Zhangke; produced by Mr. Jia, Shozo Ichiyama, Wang Hong; written by Mr. Jia, Zhai Yongming; music by Yoshihiro Hanno, Lim Giong; directors of photography (colour, digital video), Yu Likwai, Wang Yu; art director, Liu Quiang; wardrobe, Zhao Tong; film editors, Lin Xudong, Kong Jinlei.
Screened: distributor advance press screening, Medeia King 3 (Lisbon), May 31st 2010.
China/Japan
2008
107 minutes
As the former weapons state factory 420, in the Chinese city of Chengdu, is being demolished to make way for a luxury condo development, some of its former workers tell their stories to the camera. Thoughtful snapshot of modern China and its relation to the past, seamlessly inserting fictional elements into a documentary framework to create an intriguing hybrid.
An Xstream Pictures/Shanghai Film Group Corporation/China Resources (Holdings) Company presentation/production, in association with Office Kitano, Bandai Visual, Bitters End.
Starring Joan Chen, Lv Liping, Zhao Tao, Chen Jianbin.
Directed by Jia Zhangke; produced by Mr. Jia, Shozo Ichiyama, Wang Hong; written by Mr. Jia, Zhai Yongming; music by Yoshihiro Hanno, Lim Giong; directors of photography (colour, digital video), Yu Likwai, Wang Yu; art director, Liu Quiang; wardrobe, Zhao Tong; film editors, Lin Xudong, Kong Jinlei.
Screened: distributor advance press screening, Medeia King 3 (Lisbon), May 31st 2010.
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