Zeitgeist Films: Upcoming Release of Johnny Ma's Neo-Noir Thriller Old Stone Detailed
HomeZeitgeist Films: Upcoming Release of Johnny Ma's Neo-Noir Thriller Old Stone Detailed
Posted January 12, 2018 05:43 PM by Webmaster
U.S. label Zeitgeist Films has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of dierctor Johnny Ma's neo-noir thriller Old Stone (2017), starring Gang Chen, Nai An, Hongwei Wang, Zebin Zhang, and Xue'er Luo. The release, which will be distributed by Kino Lorber, will be available for purchase on January 30.
Synopsis: In Johnny Ma s thrilling debut feature, a Chinese taxi driver finds himself plunged into a Kafkaesque nightmare where no good deed goes unpunished. Beginning as a gritty social-realist drama before u-turning into a blood-drenched noir, Old Stone follows the repercussions of a car accident in a society where life is cheap and compassion is ruinously expensive. When a drunken passenger causes Lao Shi to swerve and hit a motorcyclist, the driver stops to help the injured man. When no police or ambulance arrive he drives the victim to the hospital, checks him in and finds himself liable for the man s medical bills. The repercussions of Shi s selfless act expose a society rife with bone-chilling callousness and bureaucratic indifference. On the verge of losing his cab, his job and his family, Lao Shi (in a magnificent performance by Chen Gang) has to resort to desperate measures to survive.
Special Features:
Synopsis: In Johnny Ma s thrilling debut feature, a Chinese taxi driver finds himself plunged into a Kafkaesque nightmare where no good deed goes unpunished. Beginning as a gritty social-realist drama before u-turning into a blood-drenched noir, Old Stone follows the repercussions of a car accident in a society where life is cheap and compassion is ruinously expensive. When a drunken passenger causes Lao Shi to swerve and hit a motorcyclist, the driver stops to help the injured man. When no police or ambulance arrive he drives the victim to the hospital, checks him in and finds himself liable for the man s medical bills. The repercussions of Shi s selfless act expose a society rife with bone-chilling callousness and bureaucratic indifference. On the verge of losing his cab, his job and his family, Lao Shi (in a magnificent performance by Chen Gang) has to resort to desperate measures to survive.
Special Features:
- Behind-the-scenes footage
- Gallery of deleted scenes
- "Grand Canal" -- a short film by Johnny Ma
- Original theatrical trailer
