The World
Title | The World |
Publication Type | Film |
Year Released | 2004 |
Director | Zhangke, Jia |
Performers | Tao, Zhao, and Chen Taisheng |
Running Time | 143 minutes |
Date Released | Feb. 14, 2006 |
Studio | Zeitgeist Films |
Country | China |
Medium | DVD |
Synopsis | Jia Zhangke's ravishing epic opens in a rush of color and sound. Here's young China in action, optimistic and bursting with life as the sequin and feather-bedecked performers of the "Five Continents" company take the stage of the real-life World Park. As the ads say, "See the world without ever leaving Beijing," and 106 of the globe’s major sites are recreated in miniature, like a third-scale Eiffel Tower and mini-Lower Manhattan--complete with Twin Towers. Doll-faced Tao (Tao Zhao), ever-present cell phone in hand, is at the center of the maelstrom. Her boyfriend, Taisheng (Taisheng Chen), is a security guard with a sideline in fake IDs (and infidelity). When some Russian guest workers join the troupe, Tao's increasingly insular world briefly expands. - Amazon.com |
URL | http://www.amazon.com/World-Tao-Zhao/dp/B000C8ST80/ |