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Mar 21, 2003 · Jia Zhangke is a leading figure of what is known as the “Sixth Generation” of film directors in the People’s Republic of China, following the “Fifth Generation,” whose members include Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige. The Fifth Generation directors occupy themselves mostly with spectacle-driven mythic histories laden with pointed social ...
Interview: Jia Zhang-ke. ByAndrew Chanin the March-April 2009Issue. Anyone following the early films of Jia Zhangke would have pegged the Mainland Chinese wunderkind as a realist, fixated on the gritty textures and languid rhythms of provincial life. Who would have guessed that, in The World(04), Jia would start toying with cartoon interludes ...
With each new film, be it fiction or documentary, Jia Zhangke reasserts his status as one of the keenest chroniclers of China’s unprecedented—and unending—transformation. His latest, Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue, serves as a reminder that he is not alone on his mission. The documentary ...
Visions du Réel is delighted to announce that the Guest of Honour for its 55th edition (12 – 21 April) will be the exceptional Chinese filmmaker, Jia Zhang-Ke. A leading figure in independent Chinese cinema, and contemporary cinema more broadly, Jia Zhang-Ke will be presenting a masterclass exploring his captivating and multifaceted oeuvre which examines the history of his country and the ...
Oct 3, 2013 · In “A Touch of Sin,” the director Jia Zhang-ke presents four stories, based on real events, that illustrate a country’s social and political upheaval.
Jia Zhangke. Dans ce nom chinois, le nom de famille, Jia, précède le nom personnel Zhangke. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Jia (homonymie) . Jia Zhangke ( chinois simplifié : 贾樟柯 ; chinois traditionnel : 賈樟柯 ; pinyin : Jiǎ Zhāngkē ), parfois écrit Zhang-ke, né le 24 mai 1970 à Fenyang dans la province du Shanxi, est un ...
Oct 5, 2015 · The director’s exploration of peripheral spaces, particularly those of his home province of Shanxi, is the subject of Walter Salles’s documentary portrait Jia Zhangke, a Guy from Fenyang (2015). While he has become known for his rigorous visual style, Jia is constantly challenging and reinventing himself within a specific aesthetic framework.
