film | “no country for young man,” exploring chinese youth culture

 

 

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film | “no country for young man,” exploring chinese youth culture

經由 NeochaEDGE /// cy 著 (日期為 2010/3/18)

We recently watched "No Country for Young Man," a film from Beijing-based Chinese independent director Zhang Neixian. It struck us because of its brutal candor and insight into what's been stuck for so long in so many Chinese youth's minds and hearts.

At first glance, "No Country for Young Man" is a film about growing up as part of the post-80s Chinese generation, but, if you dig deeper, the film reveals a grueling and painful journey of self-discovery filled with shattered dreams, disorientation, turmoil, revolt, helplessness, and cynicism. To some extent, it has helped us answer two questions we frequently ponder:

1) Why has Chinese creative youth culture prospered in recent years?

2) Why does Chinese creative youth culture often fail (miserably) at merging with "the mainstream" in China?

Here are some worthwhile footnotes from the film's director:

There is a group of young kids – they are talented, they were born at the wrong time, they share a passion for arts, they are rebellious, they are helpless, they are deemed a "waste of society." But they are also quite conceited, they have affection and faith in each other. Sometimes they are lost in self-indulgence, sometimes they drink themselves stupid, sometimes they are swallowed by a sense of loss.

This film is dedicated to the memory of our youth, especially for kids who don't like school.

Check out the full film below (in four separate clips), it provides an excellent window into the origins of modern Chinese youth culture. Stay tuned for a full interview with Zhang Neixian.

For more about Chinese indie film on NeochaEDGE, link here. /// cy

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