China's greatest living filmmaker Jia Zhangke (Platform, The World) travels with acclaimed painter Liu Xiaodong from China to Thailand as they meet everyday workers in the throes of social turmoil. Liu Xiaodong is well-known for his monumental canvases, particularly those inspired by China's Three Gorges Dam project. In DONG, Jia Zhangke visits Liu on the banks of Fengjie, a city about to be swallowed up by the Yangtze River. The area is in the process of being "de-constructe... (Full plot summary below)
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China's greatest living filmmaker Jia Zhangke (Platform, The World) travels with acclaimed painter Liu Xiaodong from China to Thailand as they meet everyday workers in the throes of social turmoil. Liu Xiaodong is well-known for his monumental canvases, particularly those inspired by China's Three Gorges Dam project. In DONG, Jia Zhangke visits Liu on the banks of Fengjie, a city about to be swallowed up by the Yangtze River. The area is in the process of being "de-constructed" by armies of shirtless male workers who form the subject of Liu's paintings. Liu and Jia next travel to Bangkok, where Liu paints Thai sex workers languishing in brothels. The two sets of paintings are united in their subjects' shared sense of malaise in the face of the dehumanizing labor afforded them.
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| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsJeffrey ChenShows the similar mindsets of artists who would travel to less familiar spaces in search of their next muse. |
| User ReviewTTT C(***): Thumbs Up An interesting documentary. |
| User ReviewEric RA film that truly graps what the creative process of an artist is. This is a film that is incredibly heartbreaking at times, exploring the very concept of what makes us human. Its a tad slow at times, but through Liu Xiao-dong we really get a glimpse into the process of a true artist. Zhag Ke Jia is really one of the most talent contemporary filmmakers out there. |
| User ReviewJohn AExcellent documentary, following Liu during the painting of two multi-paned murals. Jia gives us little in the way of narration, and the editing is largely elliptical, leaving much of the narrative shrouded in mystery. Beautiful visuals, as usual, and he makes interesting use of direct parallels and contrasts throughout the film, not to mention inserting a few shots from his feature, Still Life. |
| User ReviewErik CRestrained, observational and subtle documentary of an artist painting two new pieces. Zhang Ke Jia's slight camera explores the living breathing life of the models within each painting and the internal struggles of an artists continual urge to be creative. When the quality and importance of art is so subjective and fluid, by what measure does an artist assess his/her creative worth? |
| User ReviewGreg Wgood doc and companion piece to 'still life' |
