Still Life (DVD) (AKA: Sanxia Haoren) (English Subtitled) (China Version) DVD Region 6
Zhao Tao (Actor)
| Han San Ming (Actor)
| Jia Zhangke (Director)
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Kevin Kennedy
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June 11, 2007
This customer review refers to Still Life (AKA: Sanxia Haoren) (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)
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June 11, 2007
This customer review refers to Still Life (AKA: Sanxia Haoren) (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)
Fascinating slice of life
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A dictionary definition of a "still life" is "a work of art depicting inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made." In the movie "Still Life", we see commonplace people in commonplace natural and man-made settings, with a virtually inanimate story. To say that this movie is glacially paced may not be strong enough; this may be the slowest paced movie I've ever seen. A man is searching for the wife and daughter he has not seen for 16 years; his primary motivation seems to be just to see what his daughter has become. A woman is searching for the husband she has not seen for two years; she wants a divorce so that she can remarry. Eventually these people find their partners ... and not much happens. And yet I was mesmerized by the film. I enjoyed every moment of this "still life" movie. It superbly brings to static life the look and feel (and almost the smell!) of daily life among ordinary folks in this soon-to-disappear Three Gorges milieu. If you want action, drama, romance, suspense, etc., perhaps you should look elsewhere. If you want to be deeply immersed into a hyper-realistic look at ordinary lives in central China coupled with some truly spectacular cinematography of the Three Gorges area, then I highly recommend this film. |
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