Up the Yangtze *
Yung Chang, 2008
Canada/China
@ Varsity Theater
The basic details of life depicted here are all impressive but the filmmaking is not so much. Maybe I'd feel differently a second time around, but the tone is kind of glib when focusing on the "characters," kind of like it's a reality show based around families and their children trying to win a decent life above the future level of the river. We get no facts beyond that of the ever-present 175m signs. It's weird that I've read so few comparisons to Still Life which contrasts this film in so many intresting ways.
See also: IMDb | Metacritic
Yung Chang, 2008
Canada/China
@ Varsity Theater
The basic details of life depicted here are all impressive but the filmmaking is not so much. Maybe I'd feel differently a second time around, but the tone is kind of glib when focusing on the "characters," kind of like it's a reality show based around families and their children trying to win a decent life above the future level of the river. We get no facts beyond that of the ever-present 175m signs. It's weird that I've read so few comparisons to Still Life which contrasts this film in so many intresting ways.
See also: IMDb | Metacritic
Labels: 1 Star, 2008, Canada, China, Yung Chang
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