Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf documentary film
gptkbp:artwork long takes
direct cinema
gptkbp:audience international
positive reviews
gptkbp:availability streaming platforms
gptkbp:characterDevelopment documentary subjects
gptkbp:characterTraits local community
gptkbp:cinematographyBy gptkb:Wang_Bing
gptkbp:country gptkb:China
gptkbp:criticalReception acclaimed
social commentary
gptkbp:culturalHeritage displacement
Chinese_society
gptkbp:culturalImpact awareness of industrial issues
highlighted_industrial_decline_in_China
gptkbp:culturalSignificance documenting change in society
gptkbp:director gptkb:Wang_Bing
gptkbp:distributor gptkb:New_Yorker_Films
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Wang_Bing
minimalist
gptkbp:filmFestival multiple festivals
gptkbp:filmography international markets
highly praised
240 minutes
documentary realism
important documentary work
gptkbp:focus industrial decline
gptkbp:genre documentary
gptkbp:hasFocusOn local residents
gptkbp:historicalContext post-industrial_China
gptkbp:impact influenced documentary filmmaking
gptkbp:influences social realism
gptkbp:inspiration working-class narratives
gptkbp:language Chinese
gptkbp:length 4 hours
gptkbp:narrativeStyle non-linear
community struggles
gptkbp:notableFeature Best Documentary at the 2003 Venice Film Festival
gptkbp:premiere 2003 Venice Film Festival
gptkbp:productionCompany Wang_Bing_Productions
gptkbp:releaseDate 2003
gptkbp:releaseFormat DVD
gptkbp:releaseYear 2003
gptkbp:runtime 240 minutes
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Liaoning_Province
gptkbp:soundtrack natural sound
gptkbp:style observational documentary
gritty realism
gptkbp:subject workers' lives
gptkbp:thematicElement economic transition
gptkbp:theme social issues
gptkbp:viewingPlatform theatrical release
gptkbp:visitors immersive