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Xiao Wu Details

1997

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Jia's acutely observed debut feature follows the exploits of petty thief Xiao Wu who operates in a ramshackle provincial town. Yet, in a rapidly changing China, Xiao Wu finds himself out of step with the times and his inability to adapt marks the beginning of his downfall... Read more

Starring	Hong Wei Wang, Hao Hongjian
Director	Jia Zhangke
Genres	World Cinema

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Xiao Wu

Starring	Hong Wei Wang, Hao Hongjian
Director	Jia Zhangke
Studio	ARTIFICIAL EYE FILM COMPANY LTD.
Certificate
Genres	World Cinema
Language	DVD: Mandarin
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1997 To Rent: DVD: 23 Feb 2004

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- Xiao Wu is a likeable but scummy petty criminal, lifting wallets from visitors to the provincial dirt town he calls... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17
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  Chinese Ken Loach
  
  Chinese cinema is always different. This film shows that the angst, apathy and hopelessness of youth is the same anywhere. The particular flavour is firmly ... read more »
  
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  - Cally Phillips
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  - 23 Jun 2005 at 10:49
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  A Good Debut
  
  Jia Zhang Ke's directorial debut. He went on to direct 'Platform' and 'Unknown Pleasures'. It's a rather overlong study of a petty ... read more »
  
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  - 09 May 2008 at 11:29
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  Difficult to watch, slow and dissappointing
  
  Hired this out hoping to see a bit of china and chinese society but was dissappointed in how long and slow this movie was. We turned it off half way, possibly ... read more »
  
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- - Nicole
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  - 05 Aug 2005 at 08:12
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  Chinese cinema is always different. This film shows that the angst, apathy and hopelessness of youth is the same anywhere. The particular flavour is firmly ... read more »
  
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- - Cally Phillips
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- 05 Feb 2008
It's just an educated guess, but when people look back at today's era in movies from the perspective of, say, 2040, I reckon the Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke will be seen as one of the four or five most important figures. Partly this is a matter of being in the right place at the right time - Jia was born in 1970, in the province of Shanxi, which was also the setting for his first few films: Xiao Wu (aka Pickpocket, 1997), his masterpiece Platform (2000), and Unknown Pleasures (2002). It's... Read more
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  Jia's acutely observed debut feature follows the exploits of petty thief Xiao Wu who operates in a ramshackle provincial town. Yet, in a rapidly changing China, Xiao Wu finds himself out of step with the times and his inability to adapt marks the beginning of his downfall......