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Still Life

Sanming Han (Actor), Tao Zhao (Actor), Zhang Ke Jia (Director) | Format: DVD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Sanming Han, Tao Zhao
  • Directors: Zhang Ke Jia
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen, Colour
  • Language: Italian, Cantonese Chinese
  • Subtitles: Italian
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.77:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Studio: Lucky Red
  • Run Time: 107 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0041KWRQ0
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 180,059 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Al posto del villaggio di Fengjie ora c'è la grande diga delle Tre Gole. Il villaggio è stato sommerso, il nuovo quartiere è ancora in costruzione. Ci sono cose da salvare e cose da lasciare indietro. Han Sanming, un minatore, si reca a Fengjie in cerca della ex moglie che non vede da sedici anni. Anche Shen Hong, un'infermiera, arriva a Fengjie per cercare il marito che non torna a casa da due anni.

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Deeply reflective Chinese film set in mesmerising sceney 22 Feb 2009
By pointone TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
Still Life [2006] [DVD]

Superbly filmed amidst the mesmerising scenery of the Three Gorges during the time it was being prepared for flooding as a dam.

There are two separate plots about characters coming to the town to contact lost partners, Sanming (Sanming Han) confused and believing he is looking for his daughter, and Shen Hong (Tao Zhao) looking for her husband.

The minimal plot is supportive of the motive behind the film, the contrasts and stress of a country in turmoil of change, with Sanming representing tradition values and losers in the race for wealth, and Shen Hong part of the emergent middle class.

The events in each of the two plots mirror each other, but have different emphasis and outcomes. Sanming becomes a demolition worker forming a natural bond with his work mates. Shen Hong on the other hand is always isolated and remains remote from everyone except an archaeologist from outside the area.

The backdrop for both stories is the breathtaking scenery of the Three Gorges contrasted with the manual demolition of skyscrapers in a town due to be flooded.

The Director Zhang Ki Jia introduces some bizarre and gratuitous elements into the film and the excellent documentary is compulsory viewing for understanding these and also the meaning of the film.

There is a companion piece called "Dong" shot in the same location, including some scenes from Still Life about a real life great Chinese painter called "Dong" seen painting enormous canvases of the demolition workers and women in Bangkok. This is a major production in its own right,

Absolutely unmissable for lovers of Chinese films.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful evocation of a lost moment in time 4 Feb 2011
By Archie
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I wanted to see whether this captured the look and feel of the submerged Cities that now lie beneath the damned Yangste, and it certainly captures the understated fragile beauty of this world river. Should be watched just after reading The longest River about the Yangste. The story is also beautiful in an earthy way, and reminds me of the Chungking Express WKW film. This is contemplative film which immerses you in this part of China. I always think of it as comparable to the American Midwest - in both very dissimilar places the people take this philosophical view of life which is to be lived in this place. I think it should sit very squarely in the Chinese section of World cinema.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Digging a water grave 2 Nov 2011
By Andries J. Hough
Format:DVD
I have recently taken to Asian Cinema, especially Chinese Films. What the other reviewers has mentioned about this film is completely true. The film takes us on a Journey of a husband looking for his wife, and daughter, and at the same time, a women looking for her husband. But the characters are unrelated. This happens during the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. The demolition of lower lying areas are fundamental to its creation, and subsequently every man made structure erected under its current level is systematically demolished by workers, while its inhabitants are displaced elsewhere, including Samnings wife.

There is a certain sadness to the film and a deep underlying peril. What if Sanming does not find his wife, and whereabouts about his daughter before everything is flooded? It also creates a desolate landscape where once was a thriving community, now the skeletons of buildings and abandoned factories mark the otherwise beautiful landscape. The musical score is equally mesmerizing and dreamy of a soon to be submerged landscape.

An incredible film. With the simplest of ingredients, a masterful combination of sight and sound has been created. A film that lingers long after and leaves you soothed and calm and content.
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