| Description |
1 DVD (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; 16:9 Anamorphic widescreen. |
| Cast |
Bai Jiwen, Zhou Yi, Wei Caixia. |
| Credits |
Original score, Stephen Ulrich, Itamar Ziegler. |
| Summary |
"BEIJING TAXI is a feature-length documentary that vividly portrays the ancient capital of China undergoing a profound transformation. The intimate lives of three taxi drivers are seen through a humanistic lens as they navigate a quickly morphing city, confronting modern issues and changing values. The three protagonists radiate a warm sense of humanity despite the struggles that each faces in adapting to new realities of life in the modern city. With stunning imagery of Beijing and a contemporary score rich in atmosphere, BEIJING TAXI communicates a visceral sense of the common citizens' persistent attempts to grasp the elusive. The 2008 Summer Olympic Games serve as the backdrop for BEIJING TAXI's story, a coming out party for a rising nation and a metaphor for Chinese society and its struggles to reconcile enormous contradictions while adjusting to a new capitalist system that can seem foreign to some in the Communist-ruled and educated society. Candid and perceptive in its filming approach and highly cinematic and moody in style, BEIJING TAXI takes us on a lyrical journey through fragments of a society riding the bumpy roads to modernization. Though its destination unknown, the drivers continue to forge ahead.."--Beijing Taxi website. |
| Note |
Special features include trailer, Yao Yao, flipbooks, film stills, production stills. |
| Language |
Mandarin with English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Taxicab industry -- China -- Beijing.
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Taxicab industry. |
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China -- Beijing. |
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Taxicab drivers -- China -- Beijing.
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Taxicab drivers. |
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Olympic Games (29th : 2008 : Beijing, China)
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Olympic Games. |
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Beijing (China)
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China -- History -- 2002-
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China. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
2002- |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Foreign language films -- Chinese -- Mandarin.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Wang, Miao, 1977- screenwriter, producer, director.
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Three Waters Productions.
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| Added Title |
Beijing chu zhu |
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北京出租 |
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