On the occasion of Jia Zhangke’s latest masterwork Ash is Purest White, we present a special screening of an imported 35mm print of Still Life, one of the finest films of the 2000s, followed by a discussion with Jia. Recalling Antonioni in its spellbinding tableaux of city landscapes in decay and shot entirely on digital video, the film follows a man (Han Sanming) and a woman (Zhao Tao) searching for their spouses as the construction of the Three Gorges Dam along the Yangtze River takes it toll on their village.
In Mandarin with English subtitles
With Jia Zhangke in person