In Public (film)

In Public
In Public
Traditional Chinese	公共場所
Simplified Chinese	公共场所
Hanyu Pinyin	Gōng gōng cháng sǔo
Directed by	Jia Zhangke
Written by	Jia Zhangke
Produced by	Cha Seung-jae
Cinematography	Yu Lik-wai; Jia Zhangke
Edited by	Jia Zhangke
Release date	28 April 2001 (Jeonju);
Running time	30 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

In Public (simplified Chinese: 公共场所; traditional Chinese: 公共場所; pinyin: Gōng gōng cháng sǔo; lit. 'Public space') is a short documentary film directed by Jia Zhangke, a Chinese cinema "Sixth Generation" movement filmmaker. In Public was shot on digital video for the 2001 Jeonju International Film Festival.

In many ways, the film was a test-run for the feature length fiction film Unknown Pleasures. Both films are shot digitally (a medium Jia would return to in Still Life (2006) and 24 City (2008)), both are set in the city of Datong, and both share the same shooting locations.^[1] As usual, Jia's regular collaborator Yu Lik-wai served as the film's director of photography.^[2]

The film also screened at the 2002 Marseille Festival of Documentary Film, where it won the Grand Prix.^[3]

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