What is that strange structure in Jia Zheng-ke's Still Life (2006)? I won't tell. Besides, I don't have enough word count to get into it. Despite the fact that Still Life has been on the circuit for nearly two years, it's tethered to a 75 words or less hold review for SFIFF51 press; the rationale being that it hasn't opened theatrically in San Francisco yet.Okay….
Ever respectful of such tethers, I offer my write-up on Still Life in 75 "words" or less:
Acquarello
An, Tony
Anderson, Jason
Bradshaw, Peter
Braun, Liz
Brussat, Frederic & Maryann
Cabin, Chris
Campbell, Zach
Croce, Fernando
Daniel, Rob
Dargis, Manohla
Dawson, Thomas
Denby, David
Elley, Derek
Erickson, Steve
Fox, Ken
Goldsmith, Leo
Hoberman, J.
Hoover, Travis McKenzie
Kasman, Daniel
Kaufman, Anthony
Koresky, Michael
Kraicer, Shelly
Lim, Dennis
Nelson, Dustin
O'Hehir, Andrew
Parks, J. Robert
Peary, Gerald
Rapold, Nicolas
Rayns, Tony
Riviera, Matt
Rizov, Vadim
Rosenbaum, Jonathan
Sallitt, Dan
Shambu, Girish
Strong, Benjamin
Tsai, Martin
Phew! I'd best stop before I go over the limit. As a pertinent aside, however, Joel Shepard—who wrote the capsule for the SFIFF51 program—has advised that he's bringing Jia Zheng-ke's related documentary Dong (2006), as well as his most recent film Wuyong (Useless, 2007) to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts June 26-29, 2008. Finally, San Franciscans will be caught up!
