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• The World | Blu Ray | (13/02/2012) from £18.88   |  Saving you £1.11 (5.88%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The fourth feature by internationally acclaimed auteur Jia Zhangke was also his breakout success, an epic with a canvas as vast, and intimate, as its title suggests: a state-of-the-modern-world address, and a look at the insular world of a troupe of Chinese stage-performers dreaming of freedom… Zhao Tao, Jia’s muse, is one of these troupers. For Tao and the larger ensemble of pageant performers at Beijing’s real-life World Park (a sprawling hyper-pastiche of global landmarks — “famous sites from five continents”), love is respite from work, work is respite from love, and the line that extends from the past to the future loses all definition beyond the present. A testament to the wisdom of this young filmmaker who arrived in the late 1990s with Xiao Wu and, in 2000, Platform (regarded by many to be the greatest film of the 2000s), Shijie / The World provides an image of globalisation as a paradox: at once a phenomenon rooted in social control, and a network that allows connection across individual people and populations. Special Dual Format Edition: 1080p Blu-Ray transfer English subtitles Tony Rayns on The World: New and exclusive video introduction to the film Made in China: A 65 minute documentary on the making of The World The World according to Jia Zhangke: A 24 minute interview 40 page booklet

• Jade Warrior | DVD | (28/04/2008) from £12.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (81.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Thousands of years ago in ancient China a love struck sword hero fights against his destiny. He wants another chance to be reunited with his loved one and he gets that chance in a far away place and a far away time in the cold north in modern Finland. Jade Warrior is set in ancient China early iron age and present day Finland.

• The World | Blu Ray | (30/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The fourth feature by internationally acclaimed auteur Jia Zhang-ke was also his breakout success an epic with a canvas as vast and intimate as its title suggests: a state-of-the-modern-world address and a look at the insular world of a troupe of Chinese stage-performers dreaming of freedom... Zhao Tao Jia's muse is one of these troupers. For Tao and the larger ensemble of pageant performers at Beijing's real-life World Park (a sprawling hyper-pastiche of global landmarks - famous sites from five continents) love is respite from work work is respite from love and the line that extends from the past to the future loses all definition beyond the present. A testament to the wisdom of this young filmmaker who arrived in the late 1990s with Xiao-wu and in 2000 Platform (regarded by many to be the greatest film of the 2000s) The World provides an image of globalisation as a paradox: at once a phenomenon rooted in social control and a network that allows connection across individual people and populations.