|
|
|
|
West of the Tracks: Remnants
|
Filmmaker Name:
|
Wang Bing
|
|
Film Length:
|
178 min
|
|
Film Year:
|
2003
|
|
Duration:
|
Over 120 min
|
|
Decade:
|
2000s
|
|
Subtitle Language:
|
English subtitles
|
|
Color:
|
color
|
|
Region:
|
Asia
|
|
This film is a part of West of the Tracks, which has three parts: Rust, Remnants, and Rails – which may be viewed and purchased separately.
West of the Tracks: Remnants
Rainbow Row is shantytown that was constructed in 1930 to house the laborers of the Tie Xi district. The area used to be known as Handmaiden's Grave, and now its residents are faced with unemployment and unpaid salaries. A young man scours the local fairgrounds after a lottery event, looking for discarded winning tickets. In the Winter, trash and snow pile up in the streets. 17-year-old Bobo and his friends spend their time at the Lucky Swan market, thinking up schemes to get dates and money. Young children collect cans while an old woman hawks tofu. On Summer evenings, men gather outside of their houses to play cards and mahjong.
It is announced that Rainbow Row will be demolished to make way for a private development. Everyone has to leave within the month. Residents are angry and confused. The streets are filled with possessions for sale as most people prepare to move, salvaging whatever they can take with them. The proprietor of the Lucky Swan Market watches as city workers cut the power lines for good. The bustling neighborhood gradually empties, until Rainbow Row is a ghost town, covered in snow and empty of all but a few families.
Screening Highlights
Grand Prize, International Documentary Festival, Marseille, 2003
Grand Prize, Festival du Film, Yamagata, 2003
Grand Prize, International Documentary Festival, Lisbon, 2002
Berlin International Film Festival, 2002
Montgolfiere d'Or Juried Prize for Documentary, 3 Continents Festival, Nantes
Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, Ithaca, NY, 2009
forumdoc.bh.2009, Brazil
|
|
|
The
Shopping Cart
is currently empty
|