Jia Zhangke — Director (11)
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Useless (2007) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban
无用
director: 贾樟柯 actor: 马可
other title: 无用 / In-utile
Observations of three varied corners of China’s garment industry: workers in a large-scale production line factory; a designer who rallies against the mass-machine-production of clothes and has created the eponymous hand-made collection called ‘Useless’ (Wuyong) for Paris Fashion Week; and finally the simple life of increasingly out-of-work tailors in small town Fengdang.
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Our 10 Years (2007) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB
我们的十年
director: 贾樟柯 actor: 赵涛 / 田原 …
other title: 我们的十年 / Our Ten Years …
Throughout ten years of a key era in Chinese and Hong Kong history, a girl becomes fixated on a fellow commuter who she observes regularly. While the two never speak to one another, the girl captures her appearance and life changes during the years through various means such as photos and drawings.
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24 City (2008) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban WikiData
二十四城记
director: Jia Zhangke actor: Joan Chen / Lü Liping …
other title: 二十四城记 / Ciudad 24
As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apartment complex, director Jia Zhangke interviews various people affiliated with it about their experiences.
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Unknown Pleasures (2002) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
任逍遥
director: Jia Zhangke actor: Wei Wei Zhao / Zhao Tao …
other title: Plaisirs inconnus / 任逍遥 …
Two disaffected, unemployed Chinese youth drift through life on the streets of their industrial town, their paths crossing with that of a local young singer and dancer working for a liquor company as a spokesmodel.
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In Public (2001) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
公共场所
director: 贾樟柯
other title: 公共场所
A fragmentary landscape for a little train station in a suburban area and a bus stop in a mining town. A lonely soldier in his heavy coat, a tired old man, a bubbly young lady, a punk, a woman waiting in the street... From all those different people in these unfamiliar places, we can feel the exhaustion of every life.
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The Condition of Dogs (2001) [Movie] Douban
director: 贾樟柯
other title: La Condition Canine / 狗的状况
一个出口被扎紧的麻袋里装着一群小狗，它们在麻袋里疲命挣扎，无果，发出悲鸣，似在抗议或被运走或被卖掉的命运的不公。
一条小狗从一个小小的破洞中奋力地挣扎出毛茸茸的头，它的模样吸引了很多人的目光，人们停下来聚集在它周围，开始饶有趣味地盯着它看。小狗终于将头钻出来的瞬间，没来得及看清麻袋外的景象，却先听到了一阵哄笑声。或许是感觉到了自己正在被人们当成展品参观，费力将头伸出的它停止了悲鸣和挣扎，只用一双深不见底的眼睛木然地注视前方。
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The World (2004) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
世界
6.8 (6 ratings) director: Jia Zhangke actor: Zhao Tao / Cheng Taishen …
other title: O Mundo / El mundo …
At Beijing World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments without ever leaving the city’s suburbs, a security guard betrays his dancer girlfriend by pursuing another woman.
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The Bucket (2019) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
director: 贾樟柯 actor: 李宣 / 江贞
other title: 一个桶
《一个桶》是苹果公司推出的由导演贾樟柯用iPhone XS拍摄的春节短片，短片讲述了过完年离开家乡的故事，一个年轻人带着妈妈给他的一个装满东西的塑料白桶，踏上离开家乡的路。等到打开这个又大又重的桶时，才发现里面装了用细沙包裹着的一个个鸡蛋。2019年1月25日，《一个桶》正片发布。
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Visit (2020) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
director: 贾樟柯 actor: 廉毅锐 / 梁嘉艳 …
other title: 来访
美国时间4月21日，《纽约时报》网站发布了贾樟柯等五位国际顶级导演以“疫情”为背景创作的短片，这是希腊塞萨洛尼基电影节以“空间”为主题，以席卷全球的新冠疫情为背景，聚焦隔离生活的短片拍摄计划。该计划邀请来自全球多位导演同题创作，每部片长3分钟左右，必须全部在室内空间完成 。
《纽约时报》网率先向全球发布了这个计划中的五部影片，并配发了题为《在乏倦的隔离期寻找电影的魔力》的报道。《纽约时报》称：从视觉上来说，贾樟柯的短片《来访》是所有作品中最精良的制作，虽然只用了一天和一只手机来进行拍摄。
“这组短片的完成，标志着生命的胜利，”贾樟柯对《纽约时报》说，“它们表明无论于何种艰难的境地之中，人类的思想仍然可以通过电影自由呼吸。在此危难时刻，我们需要彼此的言语和信念，通过电影突显我们彼此的联结。”