Reminder: Jia Zhangke Films at the Walker
posted by The Joe
If I had to choose a ‘Director of the Decade,’ it’d be between Steven Soderbergh and Jia Zhangke. For Jia, there’s rarely been another director who’s so flawlessly examined an alienated culture in the face of their country’s ongoing transition, and Platform (which plays tomorrow at the Walker Art Center) is arguably his best work. Along with that, his new short film Cry Me a River plays next week with Ying Liang’s Good Cats.
Platform
Saturday, November 14
7:30 PM l $8
This epic road movie spans the years 1979 through 1990—a time when Deng Xiaoping’s Open Door policy elicited sweeping economic and cultural change. As foreign pop culture gradually permeates every aspect of life, a nomadic theater troupe changes its name to the “All-Star Rock and Breakdance Electronic Band” and trades propaganda theater for improvised pop songs and Western dance.
Cry Me a River (w/ Good Cats)
Saturday, November 21
7:30 PM l $8
Ten years after graduation, four far-flung college students are reunited and take up the same arguments from their youth.
Platform – Trailer w/ Not-English Subtitles