Old Men

Duration: 00:03:07
Country/Region:
Mainland China
Release Year: 1999
Release Year: 1999
Publish Date: 18 January 2038 05:15:00 UTC
Story:
OLD MEN is an intimate ethnographic portrait of elderly men in China. In 1996, filmmaker Lina Yang, a graduate of the Art Academy of the People's Liberation Army and one of the few independent filmmakers working in China, moved into the Qing Ta district in Beijing where she noticed a fixture of the community - a group that gathered every day at the curbside. Finding a beauty in their appearance, she began to document these retirees, referring to them as Da ye - a Mandarin term of respect and endearment.
OLD MEN is an intimate ethnographic portrait of elderly men in China. In 1996, filmmaker Lina Yang, a graduate of the Art Academy of the People's Liberation Army and one of the few independent filmmakers working in China, moved into the Qing Ta district in Beijing where she noticed a fixture of the community - a group that gathered every day at the curbside. Finding a beauty in their appearance, she began to document these retirees, referring to them as Da ye - a Mandarin term of respect and endearment.
Cast

YANG Lina
Directors
Runtime :
99
minutes
Language :
Mandarin
Subtitles :
Chinese, English
Festivals&Awards :
1999 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Japan
2000 Cinéma du Réel, France
1999 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Japan
2000 Cinéma du Réel, France
Tags :
#elder #DV #life
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当谈起中国新纪录片运动,《老头》一定是不可或缺的影片。与同期其他独立纪录片凸显的政治意味相比,三年拍摄时间跨度中酝酿出的《老头》更为聚焦民生维度,在一群老人琐碎絮叨的暮年生活中蕴藉出情感的重量与哲理的深度。
年龄淡化了一群人曾经的身份与经历,使他们不得不退居于主流边缘。杨荔钠导演以舒然平和的距离与眼光记录这群在墙根扎堆聊天的老头,看他们如何以纯粹的喜怒哀乐与腐朽脆弱的身体相处,从容又焦虑地面对死生无常。戳开一个罅隙,能窥见这群老头身上负载的过去,那是历史衰颓的缩影,以及生命与时代共同逝去的挽歌。
Tak Shire at 2022-11-11
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Cast

YANG Lina
Director
Story:
OLD MEN is an intimate ethnographic portrait of elderly men in China. In 1996, filmmaker Lina Yang, a graduate of the Art Academy of the People's Liberation Army and one of the few independent filmmakers working in China, moved into the Qing Ta district in Beijing where she noticed a fixture of the community - a group that gathered every day at the curbside. Finding a beauty in their appearance, she began to document these retirees, referring to them as Da ye - a Mandarin term of respect and endearment.