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Ash Is Purest White

Asian March Challenge '25 (7/31): China 🇨🇳.

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Ash Is Purest White

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 [𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭] 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴…𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘥.” A triumph in cinematography. Goes to show that however you carry your sins or trauma, time does not wait for you in the way Zhangke's camera changes over the course of a modernizing China. Adapt. Move on. Become. Tao is a force. Stoic, all emotions centered in her face. I loved how YMCA was played twice at the same club, in the same night lol