‎The Chinese Mayor (2015) directed by Zhou Hao • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd

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Not only is it the most polluted city in the country, it is also crippled by decrepit infrastructure and even shakier economic prospects. But Mayor Geng Tanbo plans to change all that, announcing a bold, new plan to return Datong to its former glory, the cultural haven it was some 1,600 years ago. Such declarations, however, come at a devastatingly high cost. Thousands of homes are to be bulldozed, and a half-million of its residents (30 percent of Datong’s total population) will be relocated under his watch. Whether he succeeds depends entirely on his ability to calm swarms of furious workers and an increasingly perturbed ruling elite. The Chinese Mayor captures, with remarkable access, a man and, by extension, a country leaping frantically into an increasingly unstable future.</p> </div> </div> <script id="script-b196ea08-79c1-487f-9692-0674c8bee6b9"> ((tag, target) => { let adsScript = null; let adsPlatforms = null; let adsLocations = null; let adsMode = ''; if (!disableAds && person.showAds) { let adUnit = document.createElement('div'); let kicker = [ '<div class="upgrade-kicker -alignleft -med_rect js-hide-in-app">', '<button type="button" class="modaltrigger" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#remove-ads-modal">', 'Remove Ads', '<svg aria-hidden="true" width="7" height="7" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="m.5.5 6 6M6.5.5l-6 6" fill-rule="evenodd" stroke="#000"/></svg>', '</button>', '</div>' ].join(''); if ( adsScript && adsScript === 'bandsintown' && adsPlatforms && ((window.isIOS && adsPlatforms.indexOf("iOS") >= 0) || (window.isAndroid && adsPlatforms.indexOf("Android") >= 0)) && adsLocations && adsMode && ( (adsMode === 'include' && adsLocations.indexOf(window.adsLocation) >= 0) || (adsMode === 'exclude' && adsLocations.indexOf(window.adsLocation) == -1) ) ) { var opts = { artist: "", song: "", adunit_id: 100005950, div_id: "cf_async_b196ea08-79c1-487f-9692-0674c8bee6b9" }; adUnit.id = opts.div_id; if (target) { target.insertAdjacentElement('beforeend', adUnit); } else { tag.insertAdjacentElement('afterend', adUnit); } var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== 'undefined')c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement("script"),s=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];r.async=!0;r.src="//srv.tunefindforfans.com/fruits/apricots.js";r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if("loaded"==r.readyState||"complete"==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; } else { adUnit.id = 'pw-b196ea08-79c1-487f-9692-0674c8bee6b9'; adUnit.className = 'pw-div -tile300x250 -alignleft'; adUnit.setAttribute('data-pw-' + (renderMobile ? 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A surprisingly frank and direct look at the inner workings of Chinese local politics. Zhou Hao does so well to craft something extremely balanced and it paints a both positive and negative pictures of Mayor Geng, though by the end a mostly sympathetic portrait. The mayor comes off as someone who genuinely wants to do well by his community and has the best of intentions. We see his ambition to restore city's past and his drive for progress — Geng wants to recreate the past cultural glory of Datong and also wants to build a modern city to attract tourists — for which he has to demolish houses and relocate 500k people. </p><p>We see how all of these…</p> </div> </div> <p class="like-link-target react-component -monotone" data-component-class="globals.comps.LikeLinkComponent" data-likeable-uid="viewing:291482068" data-likeable-name="review" data-likeable="true" data-element-type="p" data-likes-page="/helosoccerfan/film/the-chinese-mayor/likes/" data-format="svg" data-count="16" data-owner="helosoccerfan" > <span class="svg-action -like"></span> </p> </div> </li> <li class="film-detail" data-viewing-id="8559961" data-person="jaimegrijalba"> <a class="avatar -a40" href="/jaimegrijalba/" > <img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/upload/5/2/6/2/8/shard/avtr-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=1dfd0db733" alt="Jaime Grijalba" width="40" height="40" /> </a> <div class="film-detail-content"> <div class="attribution-block -large"> <p class="attribution"> <a href="/jaimegrijalba/film/the-chinese-mayor/" class="context" title="Read Jaime Grijalba’s review"> Review by <strong class="name">Jaime Grijalba</strong> </a> <span class="rating -green rated-8"> ★★★★ </span> </p> </div> <div class="body-text -prose collapsible-text" data-full-text-url="/s/full-text/viewing:8559961/"> <p>The Chinese Mayor (2015)</p><p>8/10</p><p>I have to write a review of this film, so just a couple of notes:</p><p>· While it doesn't dare to do much more, for obvious reasons, I think that this might be the most honest portrayal of modern China this side of the sixth or seventh generation, which is already critical in its own way. This isn't Ai Weiwei, but it doesn't need to be.</p><p>· I love the presence of someone behind the camera taking decisions and not to try to emulate some sort of "fly in the wall" style that would've never worked.</p> </div> <p class="like-link-target react-component -monotone" data-component-class="globals.comps.LikeLinkComponent" data-likeable-uid="viewing:8559961" data-likeable-name="review" data-likeable="true" data-element-type="p" data-likes-page="/jaimegrijalba/film/the-chinese-mayor/likes/" data-format="svg" data-count="6" data-owner="jaimegrijalba" > <span class="svg-action -like"></span> </p> </div> </li> <li class="film-detail" data-viewing-id="8659297" data-person="shaneo632"> <a class="avatar -a40" href="/shaneo632/" > <img src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3750ca456e75ab086cec3deb94c788a3?rating=PG&size=80&border=&default=https%3A%2F%2Fs.ltrbxd.com%2Fstatic%2Fimg%2Favatar80.ccc31669.png" alt="Shaun M" width="40" height="40" /> </a> <div class="film-detail-content"> <div class="attribution-block -large"> <p class="attribution"> <a href="/shaneo632/film/the-chinese-mayor/" class="context" title="Read Shaun M’s review"> Review by <strong class="name">Shaun M</strong> </a> <span class="rating -green rated-8"> ★★★★ </span> </p> </div> <div class="body-text -prose collapsible-text" data-full-text-url="/s/full-text/viewing:8659297/"> <div class="collapsed-text"> <p>Hao Zhou’s impressively probing documentary is sure to leave audiences conflicted about its controversial central figure, and in the process raises provocative questions about the nature and methodology of “progress” at any and all costs.</p><p>As the opening titles explain, Datong was the capital of imperial China in the 1600s, but today, coal mining has made it the country’s most polluted city, and many of its residents live in abject poverty. Its divisive Mayor, Geng Yanbo, wants to make Datong great again by rebuilding a significant portion of the city as a cultural, tourist-baiting haven, relocating 500,000 people in the process. Many locals naturally aren’t thrilled about retroactively having their homes deemed “illegal” residences, and push back against him.</p><p>Credit…</p> </div> </div> <p class="like-link-target react-component -monotone" data-component-class="globals.comps.LikeLinkComponent" data-likeable-uid="viewing:8659297" data-likeable-name="review" data-likeable="true" data-element-type="p" data-likes-page="/shaneo632/film/the-chinese-mayor/likes/" data-format="svg" data-count="4" data-owner="shaneo632" > <span class="svg-action -like"></span> </p> </div> </li> <li class="film-detail" data-viewing-id="8939933" data-person="theendofcinema"> <a class="avatar -a40" href="/theendofcinema/" > <img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/twitter/2/5/5/6/6/shard/http___pbs.twimg.com_profile_images_1114599490906808320_bm4uc4J2-0-80-0-80-crop.png?v=67adeabeb6" alt="Sean Gilman" width="40" height="40" /> </a> <div class="film-detail-content"> <div class="attribution-block -large"> <p class="attribution"> <a href="/theendofcinema/film/the-chinese-mayor/" class="context" title="Read Sean Gilman’s review"> Review by <strong class="name">Sean Gilman</strong> </a> <span class="rating -green rated-7"> ★★★½ </span> <span class="has-icon icon-16 icon-liked"></span> </p> </div> <div class="body-text -prose collapsible-text" data-full-text-url="/s/full-text/viewing:8939933/"> <p>SIFF 2015</p><p>Everyone is awful.</p> </div> <p class="like-link-target react-component -monotone" data-component-class="globals.comps.LikeLinkComponent" data-likeable-uid="viewing:8939933" data-likeable-name="review" data-likeable="true" data-element-type="p" data-likes-page="/theendofcinema/film/the-chinese-mayor/likes/" data-format="svg" data-count="3" data-owner="theendofcinema" > <span class="svg-action -like"></span> </p> </div> </li> <li class="film-detail" data-viewing-id="8606054" data-person="jaimegrijalba"> <a class="avatar -a40" href="/jaimegrijalba/" > <img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/upload/5/2/6/2/8/shard/avtr-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=1dfd0db733" alt="Jaime Grijalba" width="40" height="40" /> </a> <div class="film-detail-content"> <div class="attribution-block -large"> <p class="attribution"> <a href="/jaimegrijalba/film/the-chinese-mayor/1/" class="context" title="Read Jaime Grijalba’s review"> Review by <strong class="name">Jaime Grijalba</strong> </a> <span class="rating -green rated-8"> ★★★★ </span> </p> </div> <div class="body-text -prose collapsible-text" data-full-text-url="/s/full-text/viewing:8606054/"> <div class="collapsed-text"> <p>The Chinese Mayor (2015)</p><p>8/10</p><p><i>This is the review I wrote for Twitchfilm.com</i></p><p>The documentary scene in China is difficult to approach, especially when so many of the works are strictly forbidden to be shown there. With so many independent film festivals being banned and even raided by Chinese government officials, it's truly amazing to see a film that manages to not only approach one of those officials, interview him and even portray him as not a completely glowing figure, but one that has its shades of darkness. The Chinese Mayor is not inherently a problematic film, but it is one that is faithful to what happens in front of the camera, and doesn't shy away because of fear to…</p> </div> </div> <p class="like-link-target react-component -monotone" data-component-class="globals.comps.LikeLinkComponent" data-likeable-uid="viewing:8606054" data-likeable-name="review" data-likeable="true" data-element-type="p" data-likes-page="/jaimegrijalba/film/the-chinese-mayor/1/likes/" data-format="svg" data-count="3" data-owner="jaimegrijalba" > <span class="svg-action -like"></span> </p> </div> </li> <li class="film-detail" data-viewing-id="206820678" data-person="elviraa"> <a class="avatar -a40" href="/elviraa/" > <img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/upload/3/0/8/0/1/4/shard/avtr-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=cec9ebfaaf" alt="elviraa" width="40" height="40" /> </a> <div class="film-detail-content"> <div class="attribution-block -large"> <p class="attribution"> <a href="/elviraa/film/the-chinese-mayor/" class="context" title="Read elviraa’s review"> Review by <strong class="name">elviraa</strong> </a> </p> </div> <div class="body-text -prose collapsible-text" data-full-text-url="/s/full-text/viewing:206820678/"> <p>política práctica 3 allá vamos supongo 🥵</p> </div> <p class="like-link-target react-component -monotone" data-component-class="globals.comps.LikeLinkComponent" data-likeable-uid="viewing:206820678" data-likeable-name="review" data-likeable="true" data-element-type="p" data-likes-page="/elviraa/film/the-chinese-mayor/likes/" data-format="svg" data-count="2" data-owner="elviraa" > <span class="svg-action -like"></span> </p> </div> </li> <li class="film-detail" data-viewing-id="270373683" data-person="Lunsh"> <a class="avatar -a40" href="/lunsh/" > <img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/twitter/2/5/5/1/7/1/4/shard/blob-0-80-0-80-crop.png?v=d0c6f8bb0d" alt="Lunsh Liu" width="40" height="40" /> </a> <div class="film-detail-content"> <div class="attribution-block -large"> <p class="attribution"> <a href="/lunsh/film/the-chinese-mayor/" class="context" title="Read Lunsh Liu’s review"> Review by <strong class="name">Lunsh Liu</strong> </a> <span class="rating -green rated-10"> ★★★★★ </span> <span class="has-icon icon-16 icon-liked"></span> <span class="content-metadata"> <a href="/lunsh/film/the-chinese-mayor/" class="has-icon icon-comment icon-16 comment-count">1</a> </span> </p> </div> <div class="body-text -prose collapsible-text" data-full-text-url="/s/full-text/viewing:270373683/"> <blockquote><p><b>大同</b></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><i>夢想破敗改變與哀號</i></p></blockquote><p> 大同，一座千年古都；一個萬人攢聚的故鄉；一個被加諸冀望、擁納無數新房碎瓦的地方。</p><p> 一個被賜予理想世界之名的城市，卻處處充滿著殘破與貧瘠。孱弱的百姓們最容易在經濟起飛的大旗之下，隱身在瀰漫於故土的廢氣中倒地不起。然而一個夢想家的介入，為城市的不堪迎來了新的面貌，這個強硬的改變卻也揚起了新的塵土、颳來更多的叫喊與哀鳴，甚至讓夢想家自己也留下了眼淚。《大同》是部故事簡單、面相複雜，赤裸又真實的紀錄作品，紀載了世界的混沌、善惡的無解，以及真實的矛盾。</p><p> 觀影之初我無可避免的聯想到另一部紀錄片《少年小趙》。同樣以拆遷城鎮作為背景，《少年小趙》聚焦的是因此為由而對信仰產生動搖、對於主人翁成長過程的影響。然而《大同》由此帶出的主題層面更加廣泛，從底層受影響者、拆遷工作者、受益或受害者、事件旁觀者、官僚運作者到最頂端的目標指揮者，鏡頭捕捉了近乎所有層級的關係人，用不同角度看待強制拆遷改建事件。周浩攝影機下的充滿了各式不同的人，我曾為被迫強遷的居民百姓哽咽，卻也為無緣完成宏大理想的市長流淚，在電影中每方都值得同情，每個人都是那麼的苦不堪言。或許就是因其取材自真實世界，單一共識的理想永不可能存在，而多元聲音的碰撞卻總是如此的痛苦且混亂，在現實生活裡，一切的一切都未曾有任何答案。</p><p> 回到衝突的肇因，一個奠基於「理想」的計畫，要為破敗不堪的遺棄之都帶來新希望。一位中國市長，要將能讓他感到幸福的「文化」傳遞給所有人，憑藉自身的權能，他不眠不休地著手改造受工業汙染的大同，「復興」成為一座「文化之邦」。只不過轉型過程必有傷，但這些傷害是否真的必要？市長心目中所謂能正人心的傳統文化，能否強加在所有人之上？四處拼湊而成的文化表象與基本的人身需求，究竟是復興工作還是民生供給重要？我對市長的理想感到欽佩，也因他所付出的努力動容，更為最後為夢想無能為力的他而落淚，但從根本上我深知他的理念並不全然正確，未達目標不擇手段的方式更是無法苟同，我明瞭這一切衍生的問題都是如此的「中國式」，但所有人卻都無能為力。</p><p> 「鐵打的衙門，流水的官。」這只是小小一部分問題，中華文化千百年留下的古制及民族集體意識所遺留下的負面影響，在本片都被淋漓盡致地展現，理想主義、獨裁主義和盲從主義...所有的善意和理想、支持及反抗的聲音，最終只衍生一個又一個的問題。我們又何嘗不能推測，被汙染的一蹶不振的大同市，又何嘗不是起源自實踐「夢想」的後果呢？現實的紊亂及苦痛無形的瀰漫在這個徒具外殼的城市，甚至國家。平靜無聲的大同市和那些人們，被以簡單樸實的構圖方式，永久停留在不再變化的鏡頭之下。</p> </div> <p class="like-link-target react-component -monotone" data-component-class="globals.comps.LikeLinkComponent" data-likeable-uid="viewing:270373683" data-likeable-name="review" data-likeable="true" data-element-type="p" data-likes-page="/lunsh/film/the-chinese-mayor/likes/" data-format="svg" data-count="1" data-owner="Lunsh" > <span class="svg-action -like"></span> </p> </div> </li> <li class="film-detail" data-viewing-id="687224785" data-person="plumsnow"> <a class="avatar -a40" href="/plumsnow/" > <img src="https://s.ltrbxd.com/static/img/avatar80.ccc31669.png" alt="plumsnow" width="40" height="40" /> </a> <div class="film-detail-content"> <div class="attribution-block -large"> <p class="attribution"> <a href="/plumsnow/film/the-chinese-mayor/" class="context" title="Read plumsnow’s review"> Review by <strong class="name">plumsnow</strong> </a> <span class="rating -green rated-7"> ★★★½ </span> </p> </div> <div class="body-text -prose collapsible-text" data-full-text-url="/s/full-text/viewing:687224785/"> <p>Actually pretty happy with the way the last 30 justifies rather than being telegraphed by a tone shift, wish we got more time with some threads (his wife or Feng or negotiating to film?)<br />Thought of several jokes about an infamous project in my city before a serious review though</p> </div> <p class="like-link-target react-component -monotone" data-component-class="globals.comps.LikeLinkComponent" data-likeable-uid="viewing:687224785" data-likeable-name="review" data-likeable="true" data-element-type="p" data-likes-page="/plumsnow/film/the-chinese-mayor/likes/" data-format="svg" data-count="1" data-owner="plumsnow" > <span class="svg-action -like"></span> </p> </div> </li> <li class="film-detail" data-viewing-id="610076571" data-person="MakFaaiLok"> <a class="avatar -a40" href="/makfaailok/" > <img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/upload/4/5/8/0/0/5/0/shard/avtr-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=bc1b542848" alt="MakFaaiLok" width="40" height="40" /> </a> <div class="film-detail-content"> <div class="attribution-block -large"> <p class="attribution"> <a href="/makfaailok/film/the-chinese-mayor/" class="context" title="Read MakFaaiLok’s review"> Review by <strong class="name">MakFaaiLok</strong> </a> <span class="rating -green rated-8"> ★★★★ </span> <span class="has-icon icon-16 icon-liked"></span> </p> </div> <div class="body-text -prose collapsible-text" data-full-text-url="/s/full-text/viewing:610076571/"> <p>被类比成安东尼奥尼，周浩一定在心里暗爽了一下。不太像官老爷，更像是人民公仆的大同市长。没能力但有野心，把自己给累够呛。体制也注定着他的野心一定是烂尾的。最后受苦的还是百姓。</p> </div> <p class="like-link-target react-component -monotone" data-component-class="globals.comps.LikeLinkComponent" data-likeable-uid="viewing:610076571" data-likeable-name="review" data-likeable="true" data-element-type="p" data-likes-page="/makfaailok/film/the-chinese-mayor/likes/" data-format="svg" data-count="1" data-owner="MakFaaiLok" > <span class="svg-action -like"></span> </p> </div> </li> <li class="film-detail" data-viewing-id="293179310" data-person="Bing12"> <a class="avatar -a40" href="/bing12/" > <img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/upload/5/9/0/9/9/3/6/shard/avtr-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=58ef501943" alt="Bing12" width="40" height="40" /> </a> <div class="film-detail-content"> <div class="attribution-block -large"> <p class="attribution"> <a href="/bing12/film/the-chinese-mayor/" class="context" title="Read Bing12’s review"> Review by <strong class="name">Bing12</strong> </a> <span class="rating -green rated-8"> ★★★★ </span> </p> </div> <div class="body-text -prose collapsible-text" data-full-text-url="/s/full-text/viewing:293179310/"> <p>周浩的镜头对准了一个神奇的人物：耿彦波有着极度宏伟的梦想、强迫症般的执行力（强迁强拆！）和并不匹配的审美（仍然一言难尽的城市规划……），却是政府中鲜少有的实干家。一个矛盾生动的人物，让纪录片已经成功了大半，而观众在这里借影人深入的视角，也能体验到政府决策的两难（尤其是制度上的——如何控制轮岗制，能在防止地方独裁和任期间能干成实事之间找到平衡？）。从批判/赞许到同情，一部微妙的作品、一个值得讨论的故事。</p> </div> <p class="like-link-target react-component -monotone" data-component-class="globals.comps.LikeLinkComponent" data-likeable-uid="viewing:293179310" data-likeable-name="review" data-likeable="true" data-element-type="p" 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