Useless (film)

Useless
Chinese film poster
Directed byJia Zhangke
Written byJia Zhangke
Produced byYu Lik-wai
Zhao Tao
Youyishanren
StarringMa Ke
Narrated byAlvaro Carrascosa
CinematographyYu Lik-wai
Jia Zhangke
Edited byZhang Jia
Music byLim Giong
Distributed byInternational:
Memento Films International
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryChina
LanguagesCantonese, Mandarin, Shanxi, French, English

Useless (simplified Chinese: 无用; traditional Chinese: 無用; pinyin: wú yòng) is a 2007 documentary film directed by Jia Zhangke. It is Jia's second full-length documentary film after 2006's Dong. The film follows China's fashion and clothing industry.[1][2][3] The film was produced by Jia Zhangke's own Xstream Pictures, in association with the China Film Association and the Mixmind Art and Design Company.

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 71% based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 5.80/10.[4]

  1. ^ Film-documentaire.fr. "Jia Zhang-ke". www.film-documentaire.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  2. ^ "Useless". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  3. ^ "Useless – Films". Visions du Réel. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  4. ^ "Useless (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved July 1, 2021.