Disorder

Xian zai shi guo qu de wei lai

China

2009

58 Min

Black and White

Mandarin

Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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In a brief — but incredibly compelling — hour, up-and-coming Chinese director Huang Weikai earns the nickname “documentary’s David Lynch.” Disorder, his mysterious and hypnotic sophomore effort, is a disturbing, lyrical portrait of hell on earth, weaving together a series of striking observational scenes from the streets of Guangzhou, China. Between the chilling, surreal content, creepy, grainy aesthetic and disturbing lack of exposition, Disorder is captivating from start to finish. Fiction filmmakers have been painting dystopian landscapes for decades, often as warning bells for the paranoid masses. The settings are predictable; today’s 2012 was yesterday’s Y2K. Huang Weikai’s vision is startling not just because it’s real but because it’s grounded in the present. —True/False

Director

Huang Weikai

Born in 1972, Huang Weikai (黄伟凯) is a Guangzhou-based filmmaker with a degree from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. He began making films independently in 2002. —reelchina.net

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Gondo

20Jan12

What a rush!

Al Saad

30Aug11

Welcome to China...anything, anytime, and anywhere could happened in this country

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Kaifu

28Aug11

Saw this at a film fest a couple of months ago. The full title is roughly "Disorder - The Present is the Consequence of the Past"

Weaving Wave

28Aug11

It's even better: Disorder - The Present is the Future of the Past
Kaifu

29Aug11

Yes, that's the literal translation, but that sounded a little too Hong-Song-Soo-ish, so not sure if it's _better_.
Weaving Wave

29Aug11

But it's more stylistically consistent with weirdness of the film, anyway it's actually a mixture of English (Disorder) and Chinese (the rest), and as such works even better.

Daniela

5Feb11

This was showed at UF today and there was a short video with the director explaining the film afterwards. Besides filming one of two scenes himself, the majority of the footage was a real collection of film shot by people who do it as a hobby. Anyway, it started a little slow for me but by the end it was totally captivating. The sounds of the disorders in the streets leaves quite an impact.