Rent The World (2004)
3.7 of 5 from 74 ratings
2h 20min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Zhao Tao, Jia's muse, is one of these troupers. For Tao and the larger ensemble of pageant performers at Beijing's real-life World Park (a sprawling hyper-pastiche of global landmarks - "famous sites from five continents"), love is respite from work, work is respite from love, and the line that extends from the past to the future loses all definition beyond the present.
- Actors:
- Tao Zhao, Taisheng Chen, Jue Jing, Zhong-Wei Jiang, Yiqun Huang, Hongwei Wang, Jing Dong Liang, Shuai Ji, Wan Xiang, Alla Shcherbakova, Sanming Han, Juan Iu, Xiaodong Liu, Xiaoshuai Wang
- Directors:
- Zhangke Jia
- Producers:
- Hengameh Panahi, Keung Chow, Shôzô Ichiyama, Takio Yoshida, Zhong-Lun Ren
- Writers:
- Zhangke Jia
- Aka:
- Shijie
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Masters of Cinema
- Countries:
- China
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Unknown
- Run Time:
- 140 minutes
- Languages:
- Mandarin DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Tony Rayns on The World - an exclusive video piece (21:00)
- Made in China - a 2004 'Making Of documentary (68:00)
- The According to Jia Zhangke - Interview with Jia (25:00)
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Reviews (3) of The World
ENTERTAINING AND THOUGHT PROVOKING SPECTACLE - The World review by GF
The Fourth film from Chinese Director Zhang Ke Jia, charts the lives of a group of young performers and security guards living and working in a giant theme park in Bejing. The theme park is made of of tacky replicas of The Eifffel Tower, Big Ben and Ulan Bator.
Spending their days dressed in silly costumes and the boys as security guards, this charts the changes the characters undergo in modern China that has itself transformed istself from Communism to state capitalism.
A serious and entertaining move from one of China's finest and most internationally known auters.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Great film - The World review by ST
Great film...full of irony and metaphor. Very clever, by turns consciously ridiculous and poignant and ultimately very moving. I had the impression of a director working under the constraint of a censor to get a subtle but telling message across. Loved it....
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Modern Chinese cinema at its best. - The World review by TE
"The World" amusement park is a wonderful setting for this very humane narrative, and Zhang Ke Jia exploits the possibilities with confident grace.
The film manages a delicate balance between characterisation and visual beauty, and the acting is spot on throughout. This is the work of a master of his craft.
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