880-01 The World [videorecording] = Shi jie / Zeitgeist Films ; Office Kitano, Xstream Pictures ; Lumen Films presents ; in association with Bandai Visual, Tokyo FM, Dentsu, TV Asahi, Bitters End, Shanghai Film Studio ; producers, Takio Yoshida, Shozo Ichiyama, Ren Zhong Lun ; director/scriptwriter [dao yan biān jù] Jia Zhangke ; a film by Jia Zhangke.
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Publisher:
Distributed by Zeitgeist Video, Distributed by Zeitgeist Video,
Originally released as a Chinese motion picture in 2004. Includes animated sequences. Special features: Jonathan Rosenbaum interview (2 min.); On-set photos; Theatrical trailer (2 min.); Also on DVD [selected Zeitgeist films]. 880-02 Zhao Tao, Cheng Taishen.
Contents:
Backstage band-aid -- Russians are coming -- Tao's ex -- Magic bus -- Paris in a Beijing suburb -- Twin towers -- Come fly with me -- Qun -- Traditional toast -- Petals on horseback -- Backache -- Let's try to be happy -- Taking flight -- Hearts afire -- Expulsion -- Little sister -- Tokyo story -- Youyou's promotion -- Ever changing world -- Only the beginning.
Summary:
Looks at the loves, friendships and desperate dreams of the twenty-somethings from China's remote provinces who come to live and work in World Park, a sprawling Disney-like entertainment park in a Beijing suburb featuring lavish shows and scaled-down replicas of world landmarks. The film centers on a young woman dancer, Tao (Zhao Tao), whose entire universe seems to begin and end at the complex. Along with her boyfriend, security guard Taisheng (Chen Taishen), Tao yearns for a better life but can barely articulate much less envision what a life beyond this peculiarly conceived simulacrum might look like.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)69993607
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
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