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Dennis Zhou. No filmmaker has captured the head-spinning transformation of China’s post-socialist period as aptly as Jia Zhangke. Born amid the reforms of the 1970s, Jia came to prominence as part of the loose band of “Sixth Generation” directors, who eschewed the lush, state-sanctioned films of their predecessors in favor of a ...
Jan 23, 2020 · There are moments in the Chinese director Jia Zhangke’s “I Wish I Knew” when you feel agreeably unmoored. Beguiling images flicker across the screen and an unidentified woman (Zhao Tao, Jia ...
Dec 9, 2008 · Jia Zhangke: Capturing China's Transformation. Director Jia Zhangke rests on the set of The World . Jia's film The World is set at a kitschy Beijing theme park. Here, actor Zhao Tao walks by a re ...
Feb 12, 2016 · Chinese director Jia Zhangke’s new film, Mountains May Depart, bears all the hallmarks of the seven previous features that have made him one of the most important filmmakers of our age. As always, Jia threads intimate moments in the lives of a few individuals into a canvas that works both as muted melodrama and large-scale reflection on ...
Jun 17, 2021 · The celebrated directors discussed their collaboration on Apitchatpong's forthcoming Cannes competition entry 'Memoria,' starring Tilda Swinton, and their approach to mentoring younger filmmakers ...
Eleven years ago, Jia Zhangke won the Cannes Film Festival’s top screenplay prize for his much acclaimed anthology thriller A Touch of Sin (2013). He had already established himself as a master portraitist of contemporary, post-socialist China, tracing its many upheavals and transformations across his then-nearly 25-year-long career.
Mar 5, 2022 · Mountains May Depart is Jia Zhangke firing on all fronts, with sharp, rich writing, gorgeously-framed cinematography, and an ambitious sprawl that few other filmmakers would be bold enough to ...
