2018年CRI Jia Zhangke's biggest budget movie to hit Chinese theatres soon

 

Director Jiang Zhangke's new gangland flick¹ "Ash Is Purest White" is scheduled to open in Chinese theatres this Friday (Sept 21).

In addition to making his wife Zhao Tao a lead actress, as he has in other movies he's directed, he also hired movie stars such as Zhang Yibai to play supporting roles.

Zhang spoke² at the premiere of the movie in Beijing on Sunday.

"I'm a native of Chongqing municipality. Coincidentally, my part was shot in Chongqing. I play a diner who pretends to be a man of success and actually I'm quite familiar with the persons of this type."

Set from 2001 until present day, the 141-minute film follows a couple of one-time lovers through the transformation³ of China. Zhao Tao and actor Liao Fan play the couple.

Earlier, Ash Is Purest White was nominated⁴ for the Palme d'Or, one of the movie world's most prestigious⁵ awards.

The movie had a production budget of 80 million yuan, or around 11-million US dollars, and is believed as the most expensive among director Jia's nine feature films.

1 flick   

n.快速的轻打，轻打声，弹开；v.轻弹，轻轻拂去，忽然摇动

参考例句：

• He gave a flick of the whip.他轻抽一下鞭子。
• By a flick of his whip,he drove the fly from the horse's head.他用鞭子轻抽了一下，将马头上的苍蝇驱走。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。

4 nominated   

adj.被提名的，被任命的 动词nominate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She has been nominated for the presidency. 她已经获得了董事长职位的提名。
• The movie was nominated for an Oscar. 这部电影获奥斯卡金像奖提名。

5 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。