Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

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Release Date

6/9/2004

Runtime

551 mins

Overview

A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Budget

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Revenue

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An exhausting, unflinching nine-hour immersion in the slow collapse of a Chinese industrial district and the people unable to escape it. Wang Bing's observational style offers no comfort, only the weight of historical and personal loss accumulating in real time.

Mood

BleakMournfulContemplativeDread-soaked

Themes

ClassFamilyMortalityMemory

Tone

Matter-of-fact

Pacing

Meditative

Look

Documentary-likeHandheld

Structure

Ensemble

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