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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0738329023324
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Kino International
Manufacturer: Kino International
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kino International
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 08, 2002
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 91507
Studio: Kino International
Theatrical Release Date: 1990
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - beautiful film/flawed transfer
Kaige's work with symbolism and emotion is superb.I initially saw this movie on VHS after reading Hoberman's review in the Village Voice. The pacing is fairly fast, given the length of the story, the activity moves right along. Those folks not use to movies outside the mainstream might feel ackward but give it a chance. At the same time Kino Video has done an atrocious job with the video transfer. The initial 10 minutes the frame shakes and jerks and I guarantee that's not from the original. The ... Read More
Rating:  - Eyes of the soul always pull the strings of life
Chen Kaige's Life on a String is an interesting drama about a blind musician and his young student in past times of China. Master and student travels through the countryside depending only each other in harsh conditions. Master however is hailed as a saint in villages and highly respected. He dreams of being able to see after breaking the 1000th string on his instrument which is told him by his master when he was very very young.
His student however is different than him, more focused on life ... Read More
Rating: - Buddha's Teaching On Emptiness
A young blind musician is promised by his master that he will
be able to see once he has broken one thousand strings while playing his chinese banjo. Now an old man, he wanders through Chinese village with a young apprentice (who is also blind), playing for villagers who treat him as a saint.
When he breaks the 1000th string, there is no miracle for his eyes; however, he does "see" that each one is led through life by an illusion that suffering will miraculously disappear one day. ... Read More
Rating:  - poor transfer!
this dvd looks like a bad copy from an old vhs tape.
i remember seeing this movie years ago being amazed by its
spectacular images. this dvd print is loaded with
faded and dusty pictures, accompanied by muddy audio tracks.
it is disappointing.
Rating: - Stunning Movie Making
Chen Kaige is special. Hollywood has nobody like him. While most movies these days seem obsessed with special effects, Chen Kaige shows how a master movie maker can create a masterpiece with seemingly so little. Acting is superb, photography quite breathtaking and the music will haunt you for weeks after the movie has finished. If you like other Kaige movies like Temptress Moon and Farewell My Concubine, chances are you will love this.
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