 | MOVIE #1,065 • 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 • 07.17.23 PART OF THE JIA ZHANGKE DIRECTOR FOCUS [Ed. Note: The four J.Z. films (shorts + features) from 2007-2008 were written as 2-for-1 reviews. This is a joint critique with Cry Me a River (2008).] JZ’s dual offerings for 2008: a faux-(or not so faux?)-documentary (24 City) and a short film, Cry Me a River (featuring long-time regulars Wang Hongwei and Zhao Tao), also feel like minor works in the grand scheme of things. 24 is an interesting setup and potentially his most boundary pushing insofar as bleeding realism into the realm of narrative fiction is concerned. But I was a bit bored by both. |
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24 City (Chinese: 二十四城记) is a 2008 Chinese film directed and co-written by Jia Zhangke. The film follows three generations of characters in Chengdu (in the 1950s, the 1970s and the present) as a state-owned factory gives way to a modern apartment complex. The film was also known as The Story of 24 City during production. It was released on May 17, 2008.
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