The Horse Thief (1986, Tian Zhuangzhuang)

auess · Mensaje por **auess** » Sab 12 Nov, 2005 03:27

Dao ma zei (1986)

Directed by
Tian Zhuangzhuang

Also Known As:
Dao ma tse
The Horse Thief
Runtime: UK:88 min / USA:88 min
Country: China
Language: Mandarin
Subs: English subbed
Color: Color
imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090907/
Some Reivews: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/fns01n6.html
http://ficus-www.cs.ucla.edu/ficus-memb ... thief.html

Using a simple narrative with a minimum of dialog, this film from the New Chinese Cinema, tells the tale of Norbu, a horse robber, who with his family is driven out of their tribe in an effort to purge it of evil. Their lifes changes then, to one of isolation in the harsh, barren landscape of Tibet. "It transcends both its national and regional contexts to convey things about landscapes, community, solitude and death that are staggeringly beautiful." Jonathan Rosenbaum The Chicago Reader. Featuring Tseshang Rigzin, Dan Jiji, and Jayan Jmco. The Peoples Republic of China.

One of the most spectacular films to emerge from the New Chinese Cinema is Tian Zhuangzhuang's Horse Thief. It tells the tale of Norbu, a horse stealer, who is driven out by his tribe in an effort to purge it of evil. Forced to live in harsh isolation with his family, Norbu repents after the death of his son, but he must revert to stealing after the birth of another child.

Using this simple narrative, with a minimum of dialogue, Horse Thief creates a visually spectacular work. It fills the screen with gorgeous Buddhist rituals captured in great detail and the vast empty landscape of Tibet accented by a dramatic use of widescreen photography. Breathtaking and mystical, Horse Thief "has the epic sweep that suggests a western told from the Native American point of view."

Like Yellow Earth (Chen) before it and Red Sorghum (Yimou) and Ju Dou (Yimou/Fengliang) after, Tian Zhuangzhuang's Horse Thief confirms the vitality of filmmaking from the People's Republic of China. It is an exciting new cinema mixing the primitive with the hightly sophisticated and containing a new sense of discovery that has all but vanished from the West.

"A masterpiece...filmmaking at its highest level... It transcends both its national and regional contexts to convey things about landscapes, community, solitude, and death that are staggeringly beautiful." -- Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

I don't know quite what to make of this movie. Set in Tibet in 1923, its actors are Tibetans, but their speech is dubbed into Mandarin, and the director is Chinese. So we're watching a Chinese view of old Tibet. This is by no means, however, a propaganda film meant to convince viewers that Tibetans benefitted from their so-called "liberation" by the Communist Chinese. This movie's viewpoint is personal in a non-intimate sort of way, not political. There is little dialogue. The slim story line unfolds through images of Tibetan costume, custom, countryside, and temple. Some of the episodes begged for explanation. A moody, impressionistic film.

Shotsnaps later...

Dao Ma Zei - The Horse Thief (1986, Tian Zhuangzhuang) RARE VHS ENG by auess.mpg

(A terribly beautiful art film, one of the best works of Tian, this is from a rare vhs, some scenes make me thinking parajanov's "Legend of the Suram Fortress" or "Shadows of Our Ancestors".)

Tragamuvis · Mensaje por **Tragamuvis** » Sab 12 Nov, 2005 05:01

Thanks alot, auess.

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trep · Mensaje por **trep** » Sab 12 Nov, 2005 09:40

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auess · Mensaje por **auess** » Sab 12 Nov, 2005 13:31

Photos:

Coursodon · Mensaje por **Coursodon** » Sab 12 Nov, 2005 13:35

Thanks a lot auess for such a wonderful film.

vespertilum · Mensaje por **vespertilum** » Dom 13 Nov, 2005 00:25

Irresistible, thanks

oscarriutort · Mensaje por **oscarriutort** » Dom 13 Nov, 2005 14:29

thanks, no spanish subs?

Mensaje por **Jacob** » Dom 13 Nov, 2005 14:59

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Sorry, I mean..., Wow!

Clicked and already downloading very fast.

Thank you very much, Auess.

pickpocket · Mensaje por **pickpocket** » Dom 13 Nov, 2005 15:02

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fiddles · Mensaje por **fiddles** » Dom 13 Nov, 2005 23:21

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mishkina · Mensaje por **mishkina** » Dom 13 Nov, 2005 23:24

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el_saturn · Mensaje por **el_saturn** » Sab 19 Nov, 2005 10:47

Killer release!! Thanks auess

mute · Mensaje por **mute** » Sab 19 Nov, 2005 11:56

downloading it, thanks auess.

Faeton · Mensaje por **Faeton** » Lun 29 May, 2006 21:06

Aquí el ripeo del DVD editado por la FNAC, con subtítulos en Español

Dao ma zei - El ladron de caballos (Zhuangzhuang Tian, 1986)
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Bresson · Mensaje por **Bresson** » Lun 29 May, 2006 21:12

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pickpocket · Mensaje por **pickpocket** » Lun 29 May, 2006 21:38

Simplemente irrestible. Gracias, Faeton.

kimkiduk · Mensaje por **kimkiduk** » Lun 29 May, 2006 21:52

Gracias Faeton

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mishkina · Mensaje por **mishkina** » Lun 29 May, 2006 22:53

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