Unknown Pleasures:

Xiao Ji (Wu Qiong) and Bin Bin are unemployed teenagers. Moping around town with nothing to do all day except smoke, their lives are completely aimless. After Xiao Ji falls in love with disinterested dancer Qiao Qiao, he discovers that the real power lies in the dollar bill, not Communism. Keeping a...

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Other Authors: Jia Zhang Ke (Director), Yu Lik Wai (Cinematographer), Zhao Wei Wei (Actor), Zhao Tao (Actor), Wu Qiong (Actor)
Format: Video Software
Language:Undetermined
Published: London Artificial Eye 2012
Series:Jia Zhang Ke - The Hometown Trilogy 3
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Summary:Xiao Ji (Wu Qiong) and Bin Bin are unemployed teenagers. Moping around town with nothing to do all day except smoke, their lives are completely aimless. After Xiao Ji falls in love with disinterested dancer Qiao Qiao, he discovers that the real power lies in the dollar bill, not Communism. Keeping a tighter reign on the action than he did in the far more turgid "Platform", Jia Zhang Ke delivers what may well be his finest work to date. Building on the expressive performance of Wu Qiong (whose blank stare, hunched shoulders and impassive stance is entrancing in its sheer lack of activity) through the use of long, static takes, "Unknown Pleasures" suggests that contemporary China is stalled somewhere between Communism and capitalism, caught in a crushingly endless cycle of repetition. [www.bbc.co.uk]
Physical Description:[DVD] (113 Min.) dolby digital 2.0 stereo

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