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Immigrant workers seek help from the government, but their passive hard-working lives are destined to end in nearby graveyards. Sheep no longer roam there, replaced by statues in memory of the past herding lifestyle.
Aug 19, 2016 · Behemoth: Directed by Liang Zhao. Under the sun, the heavenly beauty of grasslands will soon be covered by the raging dust of mines. Facing the ashes and noises caused by heavy mining , the herdsmen have no choice but to leave as the meadow areas dwindle.
Beginning with a mining explosion in Mongolia and ending in a ghost city west of Beijing, political documentarian Zhao Liang details the social and ecological devastation behind an economic miracle that may yet prove illusory. A journey through hell exploring the bestiality of civilisation.
The acclaimed Chinese documentarian and video artist assumes, in his new film Behemoth, a poetic view of industry — here made exquisite in its violence, ravishing in its destructive power. Much as Antonioni did in the petrochemical plants of Northern Italy, Zhao finds in the coal mines and ironworks of Inner Mongolia a devastating splendour.
Oct 25, 2015 · Maverick indie helmer Zhao Liang continues his muckraking tour of China’s social and environmental woes with the stunningly lensed, cumulatively moving “Behemoth.”
Behemoth is a 2015 documentary film that was directed by Zhao Liang. The film employs a unique approach to visually documenting the ecological devastation that has befallen China as a result of its rapidly growing industrialization.
Beginning with a mining explosion in Mongolia and ending in a ghost city west of Beijing, political documentarian Zhao Liang’s visionary new film Behemoth details, in one breathtaking sequence after another, the social and ecological devastation behind an economic miracle that may yet prove illusory. PROJECTR BLOG.
