Still Life Comments

  • Daniella 2022-03-17 09:01:08

    "Xiao Wu" sees talent and love, "Three Gorges" shows skill. The details, the rhythm of the narration, and the symbols of the era are all placed just right. The only discomfort is the emergence of surrealism in the depiction of realism. Jia explained that Wushan was cloudy and rainy, which gave him a strange feeling to the Yankee. Perhaps the director enters from the perspective of the protagonist—two Shanxi people; while for the viewer, all the characters—Sichuan people and Jin people—are on...

  • Meaghan 2022-03-17 09:01:08

    Brother Xiao Ma's smoke was puffing up the rivers and lakes, and Han Sanming's cup was filled with reunion. The fragrance of tea is overflowing, but it can only taste bitterness, and the toffee can't taste the sweetness. To dig ancient tombs over there and demolish them here, is it true that yesterday is always more valuable than today? There is a flying saucer over there and a rocket here. Will reality be more magical than fiction? The waves are rushing, and there are joys or worries, and what...

  • Dennis 2022-03-16 09:01:08

    I'm still an original actor, but after watching Jia's previous movies, I have some doubts about the way this actor uses it. Sometimes it is obvious that those amateur actors are "acting" in a play, which is inconsistent with the original intention of using them. Han Sanming's feeling here is much worse than in "Platform". But I still can't hide my love for this calm narrative...

  • Annamae 2022-03-16 09:01:08

    Those who have lost their wives struggle to find their wives but return empty-handed, while those who have wives avoid their wives intentionally or unintentionally. The biggest contradiction of people is that you want what you want, but you can't get it; what you can get, but you don't want...

  • Wayne 2022-03-15 09:01:10

    In retrospect a few years later, I think it was a mediocre...

  • Major 2022-03-15 09:01:10

    Jia Zhangke directed the most powerful film, almost flawless. Time will...

  • Westley 2022-03-14 14:12:29

    In the film, Han Sanming’s mobile phone number is real, and he can be found on...

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Still Life quotes

  • Brother Mark: You're a nostalgist.

    Shen Hong: We can't forget who we are.