Shoot for the Contents

1992 · 101 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · DIR. Trịnh T. Minh-hà

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Overview

Reflecting on Mao's famous saying, "Let a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend," Trinh T. Minh-ha's film — whose title refers in part to a Chinese guessing game — is a unique excursion into the maze of allegorical naming and storytelling in China.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,069 lines

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00:02:30 - Any look at China is bound to be loaded with
00:06:18 an eagle.
00:10:23 China's intellectuals had learned to distrust all official
00:14:02 experiment: on the one hand is that they have so little money
00:17:43 the Chinese languages.
00:22:15 I personally would not wish my films to be transmitted or
00:27:17 relied on the days of the party's meetings,
00:31:40 wrong.
00:38:11 -.
00:43:24 and brave it through.
00:47:09 I always find it very amazing that people can -- thousands of
00:50:07 who have a certain kind of background,
00:53:47 - A thousand-year sleep,
00:59:44 Capitalism."
01:03:28 guerrilla warfare because they were surrounded by hostile
01:06:53 I consider myself a member of the residual class,
01:11:30 - What else do you remember of him?
01:14:58 usually seen at the base of monuments;
01:19:45 from the Tonghai mountains in China.
01:22:53 Then, we are again ordered to glue back the shattered pieces
01:27:12 -Yes.
01:32:50 And if you're in the city, you just have to scrounge.
01:35:42 Our items!
01:38:58 life, too, may flee.

Cast & Characters

Ying Lee-Kelly Self
Dewi Lee Self
Wu Tianming Self
Clairmonte Moore Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,069
Dialogue density10.6 lines / min
First line00:02:30
Final line01:38:58

Production Record

DirectorTrịnh T. Minh-hà
LanguageEnglish

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