Huanghe News Network Jinzhong News The world-renowned Cinémathèque Française (Cinémathèque Française) held a retrospective of Chinese director Jia Zhangke's film from November 28, 2019 to January 6, 2020. This is the most comprehensive review of Jia Zhangke's works in the world so far, showing 12 feature films directed by Jia Zhangke so far, all short films including commercials, and more than ten works of young directors supervised by Jia Zhangke.
French Film Archive named the retrospective "Jia Zhangke Galaxy". French film critic Jean Michel Fu Dong wrote a long article for the retrospective, analyzing why Jia Zhangke became one of the most outstanding film directors in the world today. "In the past two decades, Jia Zhangke has used his more than twenty films including twelve feature films to show us an amazingly rich vitality and creative film writing ability. "Fu Dong's article commented, "Jia Zhangke's film is the most representative spiritual mark that accompanies mainland China into the 21st century."
At the opening ceremony of Jia Zhangke's retrospective exhibition held on November 28, the French Film Archive announced in the museum. "Jia Zhangke Special Seat" was officially established in the largest screening hall. The Jia Zhangke seat is located in the first row of the screening hall, next to the seat of director Martin Sikoses. The "Director's Seat" is an honor established by the French Film Archive to pay tribute to the film masters, and obtaining a seat is also a symbol of becoming a hall-level director.
Jia Zhangke and Zhao Tao attended the opening ceremony of the retrospective exhibition. "As soon as the movie was invented, the Lumière brothers filmed "The Gate of the Factory" and aimed the camera at the workers and the workers. I have always regarded this as the pedigree of the art of film, and for it Proud," Jia Zhangke said at the opening ceremony, "I hope that my work will not be inferior to this tradition."
