Up the Yangtze Critic Reviews
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In his masterful and haunting documentary Up the Yangtze, Yung Chang shows the old China drowning helplessly under the weight of the new.Read the full review
A gloriously cinematic documentay of epic, poetic sadness.Read the full review
An astonishing documentary of culture clash and the erasure of history amid China’s economic miracle.Read the full review
Remarkable.Read the full review
Filmmaker Yung Chang finds a sad and beautiful way to glimpse the big picture of dislocation through an exquisitely poised small study.Read the full review
One of the real pluses of Up the Yangtze, aside from its empathy with its subjects, is its striking visual quality. Beijing-based cinematographer Wang Shi Qing has an impeccable eye, often coming up with haunting images that show both the beauty and uncertainty of this pivotal time.Read the full review
Goes from sleepily hypnotic to riveting over the course of 90 minutes.Read the full review
The disparity between Cindy and Jerry is itself obscene, but less so than that illuminated by the customers of Farewell Cruises, whom Yung shows to be almost parasitic in the way they feed off the misery (albeit without knowing it) of those who serve them.Read the full review
