Sat March 22, 2014
A Touch of Sin, Jia Zhangke (China, 2013)
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at Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
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East Bay Premiere!
Best Screenplay, 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Repeats on 3.23.14 at 5:45
(Tian zhu ding). Masterful director Jia Zhangke (24 City, Still Life) takes on the collateral damage of China’s maniacal growth. Four violent deeds are ripped from the headlines and explosively restaged to illustrate everyday citizens pushed to the edge . . . of the economy. Taking cues from Wuxia legend King Hu (who can forget A Touch of Zen?), A Touch of Sin links the lore of martial arts to base survival in contemporary China. Stunning in their visual charge, the four overlapping stories follow de facto warriors, disenfranchised by elusive progress, as they attempt to savagely salvage their lives. But unlike his cast of aggressive actors, the politically direct Jia Zhangke doesn’t pull his punches.
—Steve Seid
• Written by Zhangke. Photographed by Yu Likwai. With Wu Jiang, Lanshan Luo, Li Meng, Baoqiang Wang. (133 mins, In Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles, Color, DCP, From Kino Lorber)
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Best Screenplay, 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Repeats on 3.23.14 at 5:45
(Tian zhu ding). Masterful director Jia Zhangke (24 City, Still Life) takes on the collateral damage of China’s maniacal growth. Four violent deeds are ripped from the headlines and explosively restaged to illustrate everyday citizens pushed to the edge . . . of the economy. Taking cues from Wuxia legend King Hu (who can forget A Touch of Zen?), A Touch of Sin links the lore of martial arts to base survival in contemporary China. Stunning in their visual charge, the four overlapping stories follow de facto warriors, disenfranchised by elusive progress, as they attempt to savagely salvage their lives. But unlike his cast of aggressive actors, the politically direct Jia Zhangke doesn’t pull his punches.
—Steve Seid
• Written by Zhangke. Photographed by Yu Likwai. With Wu Jiang, Lanshan Luo, Li Meng, Baoqiang Wang. (133 mins, In Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles, Color, DCP, From Kino Lorber)
East Bay Premiere!
Best Screenplay, 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Repeats on 3.23.14 at 5:45
(Tian zhu ding). Masterful director Jia Zhangke (24 City, Still Life) takes on the collateral damage of China’s maniacal growth. Four violent deeds are ripped from the headlines and explosively restaged to illustrate everyday citizens pushed to the edge . . . of the economy. Taking cues from Wuxia legend King Hu (who can forget A Touch of Zen?), A Touch of Sin links the lore of martial arts to base survival in contemporary China. Stunning in their visual charge, the four overlapping stories follow de facto warriors, disenfranchised by elusive progress, as they attempt to savagely salvage their lives. But unlike his cast of aggressive actors, the politically direct Jia Zhangke doesn’t pull his punches.
—Steve Seid
• Written by Zhangke. Photographed by Yu Likwai. With Wu Jiang, Lanshan Luo, Li Meng, Baoqiang Wang. (133 mins, In Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles, Color, DCP, From Kino Lorber)
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Best Screenplay, 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Repeats on 3.23.14 at 5:45
(Tian zhu ding). Masterful director Jia Zhangke (24 City, Still Life) takes on the collateral damage of China’s maniacal growth. Four violent deeds are ripped from the headlines and explosively restaged to illustrate everyday citizens pushed to the edge . . . of the economy. Taking cues from Wuxia legend King Hu (who can forget A Touch of Zen?), A Touch of Sin links the lore of martial arts to base survival in contemporary China. Stunning in their visual charge, the four overlapping stories follow de facto warriors, disenfranchised by elusive progress, as they attempt to savagely salvage their lives. But unlike his cast of aggressive actors, the politically direct Jia Zhangke doesn’t pull his punches.
—Steve Seid
• Written by Zhangke. Photographed by Yu Likwai. With Wu Jiang, Lanshan Luo, Li Meng, Baoqiang Wang. (133 mins, In Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles, Color, DCP, From Kino Lorber)
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