{"id":163548,"date":"2013-10-02T14:49:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T21:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=163548"},"modified":"2013-10-02T19:02:09","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T02:02:09","slug":"chinafile-presents-jia-zhangke-touch-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/chinafile-presents-jia-zhangke-touch-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"Jia Zhangke on \u201cA Touch of Sin\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

In May, Jia Zhangke’s A Touch of Sin\u00a0<\/em>(\u5929\u6ce8\u5b9a) won the prize for best screenplay at the Cannes International Film Festival<\/a>. The martial-arts film, described as being “based on true events,” is inspired by steadily occurring incidents of violence in China<\/a>\u00a0over the past few years\u2014acts which often reflect despair created by the country’s widening socio-economic gulf<\/a>. In an interview with The Guardian in June (via CDT)<\/a>, Jia mentioned hopes that his film would inspire a national conversation on the roots of violence in Chinese society<\/a>. In a recent discussion at the Asia Society in New York, Jia speaks at length about the artistic and social vision behind his newest film<\/strong><\/a>:
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