Life on a String (US Version) DVD Region 1
Xu Qing (Actor)
| Liu Zhongyuan (Actor)
| Huang Lei (Actor)
| Chen Kaige (Director)
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Chen Kaige's Life on a String, based on a story by Tiesheng Shi, tells the tale of an old blind musician who, when he was a young boy, was told that he would be cured of his affliction after he broke 1000 strings on his instrument. The old master (Liu Zhongyuan) has become a grizzled, saintly figure in pursuit of his goal of sight. His student, Shitou (Huang Lei) - also blind - wants a different sort of life from his ascetic master, desiring romance, and when he meets and falls in love with a young villager (Xu Qing), he goes against his master's wishes to be with her. As the elderly musician approaches the time when he will break the fateful string - as well as his own death - he is forced to question his faith and his many philosophical differences with his youthful apprentice. As in Chen's earlier film Yellow Earth, Life on a String is saturated with wondrous folk music from Chinese composer Xiao-Song Qu. Thoughtful and lyrical in its portrayal of inner vision and spiritual faith, Chen's deceptively simple fable is a mysterious and beautifully shot meditation on the thin, fraying strings separating vision from blindness, music from silence, and life from whatever comes next.
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| Product Title: | Life on a String (US Version) Life on a String (US Version) Life on a String (US Version) Life on a String (US Version) Life on a String (US Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Xu Qing (Actor) | Liu Zhongyuan (Actor) | Huang Lei (Actor) 許晴 (Actor) | Liu Zhongyuan (Actor) | Huang Lei (Actor) 许晴 (Actor) | Liu Zhongyuan (Actor) | Huang Lei (Actor) 許晴（シュー・チン） (Actor) | Liu Zhongyuan (Actor) | Huang Lei (Actor) Xu Qing (Actor) | Liu Zhongyuan (Actor) | Huang Lei (Actor) |
| Director: | Chen Kaige 陳凱歌 陈凯歌 陳凱歌 （チェン・カイコー） Chen Kaige |
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| Release Date: | 2002-01-08 |
| UPC Code: | 738329023324 |
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Subtitles: | English |
| Country of Origin: | China |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Aspect Ratio: | Letterboxed |
| Color Information: | Color |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it? |
| Rating: | Not Rated |
| Publisher: | Kino on Video |
| Package Weight: | 113 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1004415057 |
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Director: Chen Kaige
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Region 1
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Letterboxed - 1.85:1
Audio:
Stereo - Mandarin
Subtitles - English - Optional
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Region 1
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Letterboxed - 1.85:1
Audio:
Stereo - Mandarin
Subtitles - English - Optional
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Interactive Menus
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I thought that this was interesting but kind of confusing. The acting was good. Some parts I didn't understand but it was interesting and the scenery was pretty. I might pay thirty dollars if I had that much. My only complaint is that it was kind of sad. : '( Warning: Don't read this next part until you have watched the movie. I don't really understand what happend to Xu Ching's character. Did she A. jump off a cliff B. Run away and accidentally fall off a cliff. C. Just runaway and was never seen again. |
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