Swan Song
1986 · 103 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 26 VOTES · DIR. Zhang Zeming
Overview
Swan song with a chapter like structure, spans many years from the onset of the Cultural Revolution to the 'open door' policies of the late seventies and eighties. The focus is on how off screen national events impact on individual lives, here, those of an elderly composer with an opium habit who is in constant political trouble with the authorities and his son who dissociates himself from his father.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,794 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 d I saw the light d
00:04:29 So please go home.
00:08:58 Because I watch you.
00:13:09 Uh, yes, sir. All systems go, Mr. Brown.
00:23:21 (Pangborn) Sir!
00:26:12 around these mountains at low altitude
00:29:10 Not fastened.
00:32:51 I glanced in the papers.
00:35:48 Hmm.
00:39:32 Where have you been?
00:42:28 Are you sure it's all right?
00:45:31 Why's that?
00:49:22 Did you, uh...
00:52:41 I'm afraid so, sir.
00:55:37 Thrown clear?
00:58:38 You know, for pilot error.
01:01:49 He was the pilot.
01:05:10 d I saw the light d
01:08:13 No, sir.
01:11:49 Dear, oh, dear, I meant to reorder...
01:15:28 That wouldn't hold a conventional chute.
01:18:26 dd[playing]
01:22:01 I sure am.
01:27:15 d I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned dd
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,794
Dialogue density17.4 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:27:15
Production Record
DirectorZhang Zeming
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes26