Jia Zhangke on Jia Zhangke: A Portrait of a Filmmaker
A Deep Dive into the Creative Process and Vision of One of China’s Most Acclaimed Filmmakers “Jia Zhangke on Jia Zhangke” is a remarkable collection … Read more
Interview with Professor of Film Studies at Columbia University Richard Peña
Richard Peña is a Professor of Film Studies at Columbia University, where he specializes in film theory and international cinema. Read the full interview here
32 precious old photographs depict the real life of the Chinese people in the 1980s
Chinese People In The 1980s: An album of selected images depicts a vision of China in the 1980s, very different from today. China was more … Read more
Life After Life
While gathering wood one day, a man’s son wanders off, returning later to announce that he is the spirit of his mother, the man’s dead wife.
A Conversation with Jia Zhangke
In 2001 in Beijing we interviewed a young Jia Zhangke.
In late 90s and early 00s most of the sixth generation of Chinese directors movies were forbidden in China. He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the “Sixth Generation” movement of Chinese cinema.
Overloaded Peking, 2001 documentary about New China
Overloaded Peking is a documentary about Beijing and the Chinese modernization we did in 2001 (MDDM, abelvideo).
It features a long and interesting interview (15:32) with a young Jia Zhangke about cinema, changes in the young Chinese generations, modernization of the country, the internet, censorship, and much more.
In 2001, Jia Zhangke movies (along with many other Chinese directors’ works) were forbidden in China. Eventually, Jia Zhangke emerged as one of the most famous new Chinese directors. In the documentary appears also Zhao Tao (during Jia Zhangke’s interview) and Dj Gaohu. Please view the documentary at 480p, otherwise, the subtitles will be unreadable.
