Platform

aka: Zhantai
China 2000, 150 minutes
Dir. Jia Zhang-ke
In Mandarin with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama / Youth

Topics: Period 1980s.

Feat. Zhao Tao

Aroview: Taking its title from a Chinese hit rock song of the 80s, this fetchingly spare epic meditates on the changes of that turbulent decade and the spiritual and pop-cultural confusion of China's contemporary youth.

With a strong visual style wedded to a resonant set of thematic concerns, this laconic tale of lackadaisical love and haphazard entertainment platforms its director as a significant voice of the new Chinese cinema.

NZ International Film Festival 2001