Jia Zhang-ke “Social observations”
Vive le cinéma!
Film journalist Dana Linssen takes a stroll through the work of Jia Zhang-ke with Anne Sytske Keijser, interpreter and lecturer at Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS). Along the way they will discuss his specific form of social observation on the basis of clips from his films. The discussion will be followed by a screening of Unknown Pleasures.
In Jia Zhang-ke’s work (Platform, Still Life, Ash is Purest White) the gaze is steadfastly anchored on a changing China. Painstakingly, he observes and records the interactions between social and personal change.
Programme
Talk by Jan Pieter Ekker and Dana Linssen with Anne Sytske Keijser (50')
Film screening: Unknown Pleasures (Jia Zhang-ke, CN/JP/KR/FR 2002, 113')
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Details
Director
Jia Zhang-ke
Production year
2021
Length
164 min.
Event language
Dutch
Moderator
Jan Pieter Ekker & Dana Linssen
Language
Mandarin Chinese, English
Subtitles
Dutch
Format
35mm
Part of
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