Here's a film set in China. A country where (the director/ writer would have you believe) Americans are looked down upon and yet the dollar's as treasured as they come.
Here's a film set in China. A country where (the director/ writer would have you believe) Americans are looked down upon and yet the dollar's as treasured as they come. 
It's turn-of-the-millenium but the director's eye guides you to a China that lives in mofussil towns, where travelling mini-celebrities like Qiao Qiao, who dances for a Mongolian beer company are courted for company by jobless losers like Bin Bin and Xiao Ji.
The obvious standout performance in the film is to the credit of Wu Qiong who plays the motorcycle-driving, cigarette-puffing, blank-staring lout of a youth named Xiao.
There's so much lingering in fact, that you get the point the first time around and are tempted to fast-foward through most of the movie.
But to do that, would dilute the point the much-celebrated director is trying to make. It's worth your while for a lazy afternoon. But don't expect any special features on this DVD and you won't be disappointed.
Unknown Pleasures
Dir: Jia Zhang-Ke
Label: Excel Home Videos
price: 499
region: 5
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