
NYFF 2015: MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART BY JIA ZHANGKE
By Tristan Teshigahara Pollack
Tao (in a career-defining performance by the director’s longtime muse Zhao Tao) and a group of young 20-somethings ring in the turn of the millennium as they cheerfully dance in synchronized form to the Pet Shop Boys’ rendition of «Go West»: a lyrical pun on China’s progress – or is it cultural disintegration?