Jia Zhangke, A guy from Fenyang
Kino Lorber | Release Date: May 27, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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90
The Hollywood ReporterClarence TsuiMay 29, 2016
More than just mining the past, Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang is fuelled by an anxious look toward the future - not just Jia's, but also that of his profession and his people as China marches on to the state-controlled drumbeat of economic liberalism and tight political control. Read full review
80
VarietyGuy LodgeMay 29, 2016
An intelligent, restrained but warmly intimate cinematic conversation with the Sixth Generation Chinese trailblazer. Read full review
80
The New York TimesGlenn KennyMay 26, 2016
The movie’s most moving sequence is near the end, when Mr. Jia discusses his father, who faced awful hardships during the Cultural Revolution. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineCarson LundMay 24, 2016
Walter Salles reinforces the impression of Jia's own art as emerging fluidly from the vagaries of his own life and socioeconomic position. Read full review
70
Village VoiceCalum MarshMay 25, 2016
This is portraiture for the Zhangke-acquainted. Admirers will find much of interest here, as Salles, scrupulously self-effacing, affords Jia the latitude to think and talk at his leisure — to speak at length, and candidly, about his work and what informs it. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMay 25, 2016
The problem with art like Jia’s is that a straightforward approach isn’t going to reveal anything that isn’t already there in the work or document anything that the movies don’t already document themselves. And why settle for second-hand when you can just go and watch the real thing? Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireMay 27, 2016
While Salles’ portrait gives a very incomplete account of the man and his art, it pays tribute to a filmmaker who remains among the medium’s foremost and most fascinating creators. Read full review
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