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      Frozen

      1996 1h 39m Drama List
      56% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 62% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A performance artist turns his suicide into a work of art by melting ice with his body. Read More Read Less

      Audience Reviews

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      Audience Member A wonderful film with a lot of depth. Highly recommended. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Directed anonymously by Wang Xiaoshuai during his years as a blacklisted filmmaker, Frozen focuses on the contemporary Chinese art scene in an attempt at psychologically coming to terms with post-Tiananmen China and the mindstate of it's youths. As in Zhang Yuan's Beijing Bastards, Beijing life is represented as emotionally and intellectually barren, an emptiness perfectly personified by the late great Jia Hongshen, seemingly carrying all the weight of society's silent repression on his own. In hindsight, Frozen is of course a harrowing watch, as the paralysing listlessness and nagging depression of Jia's character possibly mirror that of his own. Dedicated to the realness of his performances, Jia not only played, but became his characters on screen, making his decision to leave us even sadder and the emptiness he left greater. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member (***): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] Interesting low-budget foreign film. Well-acted and directed. NOTE: According to IMDB, this didn't come to the U.S. until 1997. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Anthony Quinn Independent (UK) Rated: 2/5 Apr 4, 2011 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Apr 1, 2006 Full Review Beth Accomando KPBS.org An early and provocative work from the director of the exquisite Beijing Bicycle. Rated: 3/5 Jan 17, 2008 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Oct 11, 2005 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Rated: 3/5 May 25, 2005 Full Review Jon Popick Planet S Magazine Henderson is perfect. Apr 1, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A performance artist turns his suicide into a work of art by melting ice with his body.
      Director
      Wang Xiaoshuai
      Producer
      Ming Pang
      Screenwriter
      Wang Xiaoshuai, Ming Pang
      Genre
      Drama
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $5.7K
      Runtime
      1h 39m