24 City Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/24-city/ Sat, 07 Nov 2020 11:00:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://cdn.theplaylist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/14214807/cropped-cropped-media-47-1-32x32.png 24 City Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/24-city/ 32 32 NYFF Review: Jia Zhangke’s ’24 City’ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/nyff-review-jia-zhangkes-24-city-20080919/ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/nyff-review-jia-zhangkes-24-city-20080919/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:34:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=10044 We’ll totally chalk it up to a lost in translation that’s all our fault if we have to, but man, Jia Zhangke’s “24 City,” was something we didn’t connect with in the least.

A pseudo-documentary/ fictional version of cinéma-vérité, the film centers on three generations of characters in the Chinese city of Chengdu and mixing a blend of fiction and fact, the film features five authentic interviews (some retired workers) and four invented stories all about people that worked amongst and around a state-owned factory that eventually gave way to a modern apartment complex.

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