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THEME EXPLORATION

post-industrial China

12 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Farewell My Concubine
Farewell My Concubine
1993 · Chen Kaige
Frantz
Frantz
2016 · François Ozon
Three Installations
Three Installations
1952 · Lindsay Anderson
The Assassin
The Assassin
2015 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Making of the Spaceship
Making of the Spaceship
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
All the King’s Men
All the King’s Men
1983 · King Hu
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Shirley Clarke
Brise-glace
Brise-glace
1990 · Jean Rouch
Chung Kuo Cina
Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Cheers in the Palm!
Cheers in the Palm!
1969 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jia Zhangke → China

His films like 'Still Life' and 'The World' directly chronicle the displacement, urban transformation, and existential emptiness of post-industrial Chinese cities and communities.

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