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Sep 19, 2021 · Reviews. Sep 19, 2021 10:30am PT. ‘One Second’ Review: Zhang Yimou’s Lovely, Poignantly Imperfect Tribute to the Delight and the Delusion of Cinema. Despite censorship, Zhang Yimou's tale of...
Sep 14, 2022 · One Second review – Zhang Yimou’s censored love letter to cinema reels you in. Grief and pain go to the bone in the Chinese director’s simple, beautifully shot tale about an escaped prisoner...
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Sep 18, 2021 · More than two years after the world premiere of Zhang Yimou’s “One Second” was canceled mere days before its scheduled gala screening at the Berlinale on account of a “technical problem ...
Sep 18, 2021 · One Second is as much a tribute to the struggles of a man whose life has stolen from him as it is to a bygone way of looking at movies. by Jake Cole. September 18, 2021. Zhang Yimou’s One Second opens with images that suggest one of the Chinese auteur’s wuxia period films, like Hero.
Nov 30, 2020 · Amid rumors that members of China’s censorship bureau were uncomfortable with Zhang’s commentary on this politically contentious period, One Second was pulled from the 2019 Berlin International...
One Second may not scale the heights of some of Zhang Yimou's most monumental films, but this impassioned ode to the magic of the movies is still an engaging exploration of the way we all...
Sep 20, 2021 · One Second is a heartfelt tribute to the power of cinema, but the film’s themes run darker than its chipper synopsis would have you believe. Zhang and co-writer Jingzhi Zou are most interested in spotlighting the lives of those oppressed by an autocratic regime.
