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The Concrete Revolution (2004)
Obscure message about the young Chinese's view about their culture
I could not stand until the end of the film, but skipped it halfway due to its repeated scenes and a frustrating feeling growing in me in its obscure messages.
The film is just a mere shot partly about the development philosophy of China, but not that much clear about the young Chinese's view about Chinese culture. By filming the demolition and construction work preparing for Olympics 2008 and superficially depicting the life of local workers on the site, the film team just touched on the surface of the story. I failed to see in the film the question of what culture of China the young Chinese people want to preserve, but got another message that the young Chinese generation also wants to tear down the old China for development but in their way which might not be that different. It is truly reflected in the film that the young Chinese does not know about their culture, their tradition and how to preserve it.
And the shots are of no significance.