Up The Yangtze

In China, the Yangtze is known simply as “The River.”  I highly recommend seeing the film Up The Yangtze about the infamous Three Gorges Dam in China on the big screen.  The beautiful cinematography is epic.  It will be playing in San Francisco at Landmark Theatres at the Bridge on Geary starting on June 13, 2008 for just one week.

This film by brilliant rising star director Yung Chang surprised me. I expected an environmental documentary about a gargantuan dam and instead got a moving personal, fictional-like account of the young people and families whose lives are transformed by the dam. As the frames play, the water rises. The farewell luxury cruise ships sail. The Chinese teenagers leave home to work. The American tourists act goofy. The peasants are forced to move everything, on their backs.

As Chang said with a smile, “This is the Love Boat meets Apocalypse Now.” The remarkable thing is that Up The Yangtze is a documentary with rare live footage of moments that will never occur again. You feel like the cat on the hut floor, and it is a poignant and priceless place to be.  www.uptheyangtze.com

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[localcookbook]

nadine.
i saw this the other nite. mind blowing.
my partner left the theater with a new
head set on. A MUST MUST MUST SEE..
organic loves you >>>
xxxxxx