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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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Life on a String (US Version)

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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

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Letterboxed - 1.85:1
Audio:
Stereo - Mandarin
Subtitles - English - Optional
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus

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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10 (1)

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April 14, 2008

Life on a String Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
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. : '(

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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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