The Square (1994 film)

The Square
Traditional Chinese廣場
Simplified Chinese广场
Hanyu PinyinGuǎng chǎng
Directed byZhang Yuan
Produced byZhang Yuan
CinematographyZhang Yuan
Release date
  • 1994 (1994)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

The Square is a 1994 Chinese documentary film directed by Zhang Yuan. It is Zhang's first true documentary film, after two documentary-influenced fiction films: Mama and Beijing Bastards.[1]

Filmed in black and white, The Square documents a day in the life of Tiananmen Square a few years after the events of 1989.

  1. ^ Berry, Michael (2002). "Wording up a Sweat in a Celluloid Sauna" in Speaking in Images: Interviews with Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers. Columbia University Press, p. 147-48. ISBN 0-231-13331-6. Google Book Search. Retrieved 2008-09-05.