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Up the Yangtze Review, by Ty Burr of Boston Globe
Looming over the film, physically and metaphorically, is the nearly complete Three Gorges Dam in the interior province of Hubei; begun in 1994 and scheduled for completion in 2011, it's the largest hydroelectric project in history, and China's mos...
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Up the Yangtze Review, by Ty Burr of Boston Globe
Looming over the film, physically and metaphorically, is the nearly complete Three Gorges Dam in the interior province of Hubei; begun in 1994 and scheduled for completion in 2011, it's the largest hydroelectric project in history, and China's mos...
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Type: Movie
Genres/Tags: Documentary
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In China, it is simply known as 'The River.' But the Yangtzeââ¬âand all of the life that surrounds itââ¬âis undergoing an astonishing transformation wrought by the largest hydroelectric project in history, the Three Gorges Dam. Chinese-Canadian director Yung Chang returns to the gorgeous, now-disappearing landscape of his grandfather's youth to trace the surreal life of a "farewell cruise" that traverses the gargantuan waterway.
With a humanist gaze and wry wit Chang's Upstairs Downstairs approach captures the microcosmic society of the luxury liner. Below deck: a bewildered young girl trains as a dishwasher sent to work by her peasant family, who is on the verge of relocation from the encroaching floodwaters. Above deck: wealthy international tourists set sail to catch a last glance of a country in dramatic flux. The teenage employees who serve and entertain themââ¬âtagged with new Westernized names like "Cindy" and "Jerry" by upper managementââ¬âwarily grasp at the prospect of a better future. "Up the Yangtze" gives a human dimension to the wrenching changes facing not only an increasingly globalized China, but the world at large.
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