This essay compares Jia Zhang-ke's Still Life (set at the site of the construction of the Three Gorges Dam) and Tsai Ming-liang's I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (set among penniless worker in Kuala Lumpur), finding aesthetic similarities that are offset by contrasting sensibilities, Tsai practicing a certain Zen resignation, Jia more socially engaged.

Keywords:
Jia Zhang-ke, Tsai Ming-liang, Chinese cinema, high-definition aesthetics, minimalism
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2008
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