HST 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Beijing World Park, Ulaanbaatar, Beijing Railway Station
Document Summary
2004 chinese film written and directed by jia zhangke filmed on and around an actual theme park located in beijing, beijing world park recreates world landmarks at reduced scales for chinese tourists. Jia"s first time in gaining official approval from the chinese government. About two workers at beijing world park: a performer, tao and taisheng (a security guard and tao"s boyfriend) Taisheng meets tao and the ex-boyfriend at a small dinner and insists on driving him to the beijing railway station. >> this awkward intro. strains tao and taisheng"s relationship. Taisheng is frustrated tao won"t have sex with him. Taisheng is also busy with migrants from his home province of shanxi. Chen zhijun little sister (childhood friend of taisheng) comes to him looking for a job > Taisheng gets in touch with someone and chen becomes a construction worker. Tao meets one of the world park"s russian performers > anna.
