films seen
13
average score
2.38*
nationality
China - 50 years old
status
Alive and kicking
The man who dragged China's arthouse legacy into the 21st century. While the rest of China was trying to create a new cinematic identity, he built upon the remnants of the 5th Generation. Jia made some decent films, but overall I'm not a big fan.
Solid pieces
I Wish I Knew
by Zhangke Jia
Also known as
Hai Shang Chuan Qi
Specifics
China [2010] - 125m
Genre
Documentary, History
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Still Life
by Zhangke Jia
Also known as
Sanxia Haoren
Specifics
Hong Kong, China [2006] - 111m
Genre
Drama
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The inoffensive
A Touch of Sin
by Zhangke Jia
Also known as
Tian Zhu Ding
Specifics
Japan, France [2013] - 130m
Genre
Action, Crime
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Worthy but flawed
Ash Is Purest White
by Zhangke Jia
Also known as
Jiang Hu Er Nv
Specifics
Japan, France [2018] - 136m
Genre
Drama, Romance
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Jia doing Jia. There isn't much here that sets it apart from his other films. The slight crime influences are quite recent, but apart from that it's just another film on rural China turning urban. America's cultural influences, horrid fashion and the contrast between old and new. I have to say it's all getting more than a little stale.
Mountains May Depart
by Zhangke Jia
Also known as
Shan He Gu Ren
Specifics
Japan, France [2015] - 126m
Genre
Drama, Romance
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Artisan Pickpocket
by Zhangke Jia
Also known as
Xiao Wu
Specifics
Hong Kong, China [1997] - 108m
Genre
Drama
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Dubious filler
Big nopes
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
by Hala Abdallah, John Akomfrah, Catherine Breillat, Júlio Bressane, Rama Burshtein, Antonio Capuano, Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Isabel Coixet, Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Claire Denis, Lav Diaz, Amit Dutta, Atom Egoyan, Aleksey Fedorchenko, Frédéric Fonteyne, James Franco, Lluís Galter, Haile Gerima, Aleksey German, Amos Gitai, Sang-soo Hong, Benoît Jacquot, Zhangke Jia, Semih Kaplanoglu, Abbas Kiarostami, Yorgos Lanthimos, Pablo Larraín, Tobias Lindholm, Guido Lombardi, Jazmín López, Samuel Maoz, Pietro Marcello, Brillante Mendoza, Celina Murga, Amir Naderi, Shirin Neshat, Nicolás Pereda, Franco Piavoli, Giuseppe Piccioni, Edgar Reitz, João Pedro Rodrigues, Walter Salles, Paul Schrader, Ulrich Seidl, Luca Severi, Sion Sono, Jean-Marie Straub, Tusi Tamasese, Tariq Teguia, Pablo Trapero, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Teresa Villaverde, Bing Wang, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Andrew Wonder, Yonfan, Krzysztof Zanussi, Karim Aïnouz, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jan Cvitkovic, Davide Ferrario, Monte Hellman, Marlen Khutsiev, Milcho Manchevski, Franco Maresco, Salvatore Mereu, Ermanno Olmi, Michele Placido, Todd Solondz, Shekhar Kapur, Heeraz Marfatia, Ki-duk Kim, Shinya Tsukamoto
Specifics
USA [2013] - 120m
Genre
Documentary
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Xiaoshan Going Home
by Zhangke Jia
Also known as
Xiaoshan Huijia
Specifics
China [1995] - 59m
Genre
Drama
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