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040			_cSILC
041	1		_achi _beng _hchi _jeng
046			_k2004
050			_aPN1997 _b.S555 2004
100			_aZhangke Jia
240			_aThe World
245	0	0	_aShijie _h[videorecording] = _bThe World _cZhangke Jia
246	3	1	_aThe World
260			_aChina _aJapan _bZeitgeist Films _bOffice Kitano _bLumen Films _bX Stream Pictures _c2004
300			_a1 videodisc (ca. 139 min.) _bsound, color. _c4 3/4 in.
500			_aSpecial featres include: - Interview with film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum - Photo gallery
520			_aFrom case cover: Acclaimed director Jia Zhangke (Platform, Unknown Pleasures), casts a compassionate eye on the daily loves, friendships, and desperate dreams of the twenty-somethings from China's remote provinces who come to live and work at Beijing's World Park. A bizarre cross-cultural pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center, World Park features lavish shows performed amid scaled-down replicas of the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, St. Mark's Square, the Pyramids and even the Twin Towers. From the sensational opening tracking shot of a young dancer's backstage quest for a Band-Aid to poetic flourishes of animation and clever use of text-messaging, Jia pushes past the kitsch potential of this surreal setting--a real-life Beijing tourist destination. The Village Voice called Jia Zhangke "the world's greatest filmmaker under forty," and The World is his funniest, most inventive and touching work to date.
538			_aDVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; stereo; NTSC; Regions 1; 2.35:1 as 16:9 widescreen.
546			_aChinese audio. Optional English subtitles.
700			_aZhangke Jia _eDirector _eScreenwriter
700			_aTao Zhao _eActor
700			_aTaishen Cheng _eActor
700			_aJue Jing _eActor
942			_2lcc _cDVD