Thursday, October 17, 2013

A Touch of Sin Based on China Headlines

Here is another fictional film like "a series of unfortunate events" about a series of bad things happening
Director Jia Zhangke says he was inspired to write A Touch of Sin — which won best screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival this year — after reading so many news stories about violent conflict in Chinese society. "These unfortunate events are all because of rapid changes and the economic transformation," he says. "The movie discusses the serious corruption problem, the problem of small groups of people controlling resources and the very big gap between rich and poor. It's against this backdrop that we see a lot of individuals erupt in violent rebellion."
The movie's four vignettes are all based on true stories, giving the film a ripped-from-the-headlines Law & Order feel...


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