Unknown Pleasures
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Ai Jun Ren, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Ren Ai Jun, Ru Bai, Xi An Liu DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Subtitled); Cantonese (Original Language) Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Running Time: 113 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-03-16 Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: New Yorker |
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Movie Reviews of Unknown Pleasures
Movie Review: a classic.the pleasures it brings should not be unknown
Summary: 5 Stars
for those who are not familiar with chinese films AND china's reality, it is easy AND WRONG to regard crouching tigers, hidden dragon, flying daggers, and hero as "good" or "representitive" of china's film industry. in fact, they received largely mockery besides admiration for their scenaries and music--to verify this, simply read some online bbs;). compared with jia zhangke's movies, these movies are less than chewing gums.
for chinese people, jia zhangke's 3 major films --xiaowu *, unknown pleasures "C--y, platform ?`ä) are the best they've had for years. the unknown pleasures of watching them --repeatedly, if the guessing is right--are great. jia's 4th major movie, "the world" is to be shown 5 days from now,on april 9, 2005, the first of his movies granted a screen in public,and is also likely to be genuinely loved and deservedly acclaimed. i can't wait to buy a ticket ;)
there are some english artilces on him and his films. there will be more. i personally think his achievement has shadowed zhang yimou,jiang wen, and gu changwei(director of peacock) --a good thing, since we all believe in competition raising the standards.
as to "unknown pleasures", i can flag the standard words like "classic", "heart-renching", "deeply moving", "five-star", "2 thumbs up" etc. etc. but for me, i like to think of it, and his other movies, as something i have been looking for, found, and will hold to. The pleasures, yes. Unknown? A pity.