Ash is Purest White (Blu-ray)

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  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 21 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region A
  • Released: July 16, 2019
  • Originally Released: 2018
  • Label: Cohen Media Group

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User Ratings: 358
Jia Zhangke highlights the changes China have been experiencing during the last decades, as tradition has succumbed completely to technology, speed and the relentless pursue of money. Full Review
Asian Movie Pulse
Dec 1, 2019
Rating: 4/5 -- Qiao scams philandering men, seemingly driven by the desire to punish Bin. And yet the film, slowly, reveals more melancholic aims, guiding a low-key finale towards a mournful evocation of what China has lost on the way towards modernisation. Full Review
Times (UK)
Apr 26, 2019
Zhao is one of the greatest actresses in cinema, and her journey in Ash Is Purest White is hardboiled and subtly melodramatic. Full Review
n+1
Aug 15, 2019
Rating: 3.5/4 -- ...a mesmerizing mood piece about personal alienation and national dislocation. Full Review
LarsenOnFilm
Nov 7, 2019
Rating: B- -- As a gangster morality tale "Ash" is pretty mild; as a picture of China and Qiao's struggle it's much better. Full Review
Detroit News
Jun 21, 2019
For anyone with a long investment in Jia Zhengke's artistry, it's not hard to find what he achieves here to be another masterwork. Full Review
Film Inquiry
Sep 21, 2019
'Ash Is Purest White' forces audiences to stop, stand still, and question what's lost in the wake of China's fast march forward. Full Review
Cinema Escapist
Aug 6, 2019

Product Description:

Set across the first eighteen-years of the 21st century, Qiao (Zhao), the girlfriend of local nightclub owner Bin (Liao Fan), a mobster in Datong learns the ways of the gun after a vicious attack on Bin sees him left for dead by rivals. Qiao shoots the punks and is arrested, charged, and released for all within the films duration. Once free she seeks to find Bin, but stumbles upon truths she does not wish to know. Written and directed by Jia Zang-ke.

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  • Sales Rank: 107,017
  • UPC: 741952852797
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