The World 2004 123movies

Watch: 世界 2004 123movies, Full Movie Online – “The World” is a theme park on the outskirts of Beijing, sixteen kilometers from the Chinese capital, designed around scaled representations of the world’s famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower or the Leaning Tower of Pisa.The site is seen here not from the visitors’ point of view but through the eyes of a few of its staff, lonely people, communicating poorly, a bit disillusioned with life, glittering for the tourists but dull and restricted as far as they are concerned. We meet, among others, pretty young dancer Tao and Taisheng, a security guard who is fond of her but not of personal commitment….
Plot: A young dancer, her security-guard boyfriend and others work at World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments without ever leaving the Beijing suburbs.
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Ratings:

	7.1/10 Votes: 3,350
	72% | RottenTomatoes
	81/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 48 Popularity: 4.56 | TMDB

Reviews:

On longing and isolation
“See the world without leaving Beijing.”

Maybe in America a theme park based on recreating various monuments from around the world would be seen as representing a mix of consumerism and cultural arrogance. In the real-life Beijing World Park that we see in this film, it seems to signal modernization, but at the same time, isolation from the world, and a certain falseness. That falseness can be seen in several other things – faking politeness in awkward social situations, the cheesy tourist photos in front of the model of the Leaning Tower, and believing in commitment and love with another person (the relationships in the film are all strained). Even the choreographed, glitzy dance routines might be seen in a different light. The characters are for the most part earnest and humble, but quietly give off a feeling of longing and desire for something more (maybe the desire to have the ability to break free and see the real world?), and I loved how director Jia Zhangke added the graphic art in fantasy sequences to help emphasize that. The visuals throughout the film are strong as well, but what I was impressed by most was the acting. So many of these scenes truly feel real. The one where the elders accept an insurance payout for their son’s death is simply extraordinary, and immensely touching. Overall though, the film was a little slow and sedate for my taste (especially for its length), so it was a near miss for me, but fans of realism will probably like it more.

visually stunning, dramatically inert
The Chinese film “The World” is set in an amusement park that offers its patrons the opportunity to “experience the whole world without ever leaving Beijing.” This it accomplishes through monorail tours of miniaturized replicas of the Eiffel Tower, The Taj Mahal, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Vatican, even the Manhattan skyline complete with a pair of still-intact Twin Towers. The movie focuses primarily on a young woman named Tao, who works as one of the performers who roams from “country” to “country” throughout the park performing native dances (her specialty appears to be Indian), and her rocky relationship with a security guard named Taisheng.

The main problem with “The World” is that the setting is so intriguing and visually arresting that it winds up completely dominating the drama, which is as diffuse, meandering and plodding as the direction by Zhang Ke Jia, who shoots his scenes almost exclusively in impersonal medium shots. There’s a certain sad irony in the fact that the movie’s characters are stuck working in a bizarre facsimile of the world when all they really yearn for is to travel to exciting and far-off places – and start new lives – beyond their own land (the park even features, as one of its attractions, an old defunct jetliner that people can sit in and pretend they’re actually going somewhere). Unfortunately, with the movie clocking in at a seemingly interminable 138-minute running time, it is WE THE VIEWERS who ultimately feel trapped by the experience.

There are a number of lyrical moments and haunting images in the film, and Ke Jia does capture with full force the astonishing strides China has made in joining the technological revolution (all the characters have the most up-to-date cell phones, for instance). But all the peripheral virtues of setting and theme can’t compensate for the overweening dullness and listlessness of the drama at the core.

Other Information:

Original Language zh
Runtime 2 hr 20 min (140 min) (Italy), 2 hr 23 min (143 min) (USA), 2 hr 23 min (143 min) (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) (Argentina), 1 hr 45 min (105 min) (mainland china)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama
Director Zhangke Jia
Writer Zhangke Jia
Actors Tao Zhao, Taishen Cheng, Jue Jing
Country China, Japan, France
Awards 5 wins & 11 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Sony HDW-F900
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 3,800 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format Video (HDTV)
Cinematographic Process HDCAM
Printed Film Format 35 mm