China Not China

June. 10,2018      
Rating:
6
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Hong Kong marked twenty years since its hand over; halfway through the planned forty year "one country, two systems" transition. Taiwan, once imperial China, once Formosa, now ROC on the edge of the PRC. Multiple exposures of street scenes distort space and place creating a fluid sense of impermanence and transition, of two states somewhere between China and not China.

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Reviews

BlazeLime
2018/06/10

Strong and Moving!

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Micitype
2018/06/11

Pretty Good

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CrawlerChunky
2018/06/12

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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Invaderbank
2018/06/13

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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