Join the filmswelike: Mailing List and receive all of the latest news as well as great discounts from Documentary Take-Out, our online store!
filmswelike
24 Mercer Street
Toronto, ON
M5V 1H3
ph#1: 416.782-5697
ph#2: 416-971-9131
fx: 416-971-6014
|
)
|
THE WORLD
NOW AVAILBLE FOR THEATRICAL BOOKINGS!
Title: THE WORLD
Director: Jia Zhang-ke
Country: China
Year: 2004
Running Time: 133 mins
Format: 35mm, Colour
Aspect ratio: Cinemascope (2.35:1)
Sound: Dolby SR
THE WORLD is the latest triumph from acclaimed filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke (UNKNOWN PLEASURES, PLATFORM).
Watch THE WORLD on TMN!
February 12 9:00 pm MFest
February 17 11:50 am MFest
February 17 10:35 pm MFest
February 22 9:45 am MFest
February 22 12:00 am MFest
February 27 10:30 am MFest
Watch: THE WORLD TRAILER!
Download the Press Kit (PDF Format)
|
|
THE WORLD focuses on a young dancer, her security-guard boyfriend and others who work at World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments without ever leaving the Bejing suburbs. Daily lavish shows are performed amongst replicas of the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, St. Mark’s Square, Big Ben, the Pyramids and even the Twin Towers. But working beyond the kitsch potential, THE WORLD casts a compassionate eye on the daily loves, friendships and desperate dreams of these provincial workers.
Jia, whom THE VILLAGE VOICE calls “the world’s greatest filmmaker under 40,” has created his funniest, most inventive and touching work to date, from the sensational opening tracking shot to poetic flourishes of animation and clever use of text-messaging.
THE WORLD recently premiered at the Venice and New York Film Festivals
|
|
|
