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Lives change and we often don’t notice

Chronology

A meditation on love and the passage of time; a woman searches for her lost lover in the rubble of a deconstructed city, as well as her own destroyed memory; the Three Gorges Dam consumes entire cities as time swallows people; women sing and dance with joy and pain, and dreams rise and sink again. Using mostly b-roll and footage from previous films, Zhang-ke weaves a cerebral and imaginative story.

Seen at the Toronto International Film Festival

While I wish the material was completely new and crafted with a more coherent story in mind, I can’t deny that Zhang-ke has a touch of magic and wonder in everything he does, even in his wanderings. A meditation on love and the passage of time; A woman searches for her lost lover in the rubble of a deconstructed city, as well as her own destroyed memory.

Lives change and we often don’t notice

The Three Gorges Dam consumes entire cities as time swallows people whole. Women sing and dance with joy and pain, and dreams rise and sink again.

Seen at the Toronto International Film Festival

Using mostly b-roll and footage from previous films, Zhang-ke weaves a cerebral and imaginative story. While I wish the material was completely new and crafted with a more coherent story in mind, I can’t deny that Zhang-ke has a touch of magic and wonder in everything he does, even in his wanderings.

See the full schedule for the 62nd New York Film Festival this fall