Film Screening: "The World"

7:45pm to 9:45pm
Rutgers Academic Building Room 4225 (AB 4225), College Avenue Campus
https://rccs.rutgers.edu/events/events-list/icalrepeat.detail/2020/02/27/2260/-/film-screening-the-world

For more information, contact Louisa Schein (louisaschein@gmail.com)

Co-sponsored by SAS Signature Course "Global East Asia," Department of Geography, Confucius Institute, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and SMLR's Center for Global Work & Employment.

Details

Acclaimed Chinese director Jia Zhangke casts a compassionate eye on the daily loves, friendships and desperate dreams of the twenty-somethings from China's remote Provinces who come to live and work at Beijing's World Park. A bizarre cross-cultural pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center, World Park features lavish shows performed amid scaled-down replicas of the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, St. Mark's Square, the Pyramids and even the Twin Towers. From the sensational opening shot of a young dancer's backstage quest for a Band-Aid to poetic flourishes of animation and clever use of text-messaging, Jia pushes past the kitsch potential of this surreal setting—a real-life Beijing tourist destination. 

This film screening is in connection with a talk on February 28th, "Transparency and Digital Placemaking in Shenzhen," by Fan Yang from University of Maryland Baltimore County.