I Wish I Knew

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Audience Member Best film from Jia in recent years. A larger theme spanning over centuries during the modernisation of China. Interviewed many people who talked about their parents' tales during the Second World War and the Chinese Civil War. I can probably talk as much as my parents were of that generation. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Most interviewees are representative of the time they spoke of, be it the inter- or civil war years, the cultural revolution, the great leap forward or the open door era starting from late â~70s. Yet, the film is not capable of adequately capturing the rapid socio-political changes and how such changes have derailed the fate and impacted existential conditions of most Chinese, if it is director Jia Zhangkeâ(TM)s intention. While Jia was commissioned by Shanghai authorities to produce this documentary, I trust that he was not compromising his conscience in art for the purpose of publicising the 2010 expo. It is exciting to see the people including some who have become of the history shared their affection and first-hand experience in those turbulent days and troubled times. No matter how solid their background was and how much they loved the country, he or she had inevitably drowned in the mighty current of the times, and suffered. I Wish I Knew is a documentary slightly âdramatizedâ? by whom it had interviewed, making it an alternative to Jiaâ(TM)s other simple and unadorned films for the ordinary people. Hope this forms a good transition for Jia in moving forward to subject matters and genres he is concerned most. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member å<ä¸-çä¿,å'ªè 1/2å 3/4-太快ï 1/4å?å<å<æ-¹å?'ä¿,å'ªå±ï 1/4 Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member The (mostly twentieth-century) history/life of Shanghai, told by/through some of its noteworthy inhabitants/participants or their offspring, and some of its films. There's no doubt that the bourgeoisie/nationalists/fascists/capitalists are shallow/decadent/corrupt, and the communists (there may be no more left in China today) are virtuous/heroic. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Belles images... intà (C)ressant... Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Very boring. Different stories and point of views. Cultural and historical details. The pacing is very slow and flat. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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