Forbid Silence—On aboard the train between Taiyuan and Chongqing

Color/62min/DV/2007
Location: Taiyuan, Chongqing
By: Wu Haohao
E-mail: gouqeihuozhe@sina.com
http://gouqeihuozhe.blogcn.com

Program Note:
Silence, packed crowds, music, silence, money, Sichuan, Shanxi, Chongqing, part-time job, values, the nation, life and death, children, quality, regions, coal mines, age…all but a few things the director witnessed and captured on film on the train between Taiyuan and Chongqing.

Director:
I feel that silence that we all endure and take for granted. Silence and time are intertwined, dominate each other, and slowly die out.
We have been aware of problems for a long time, and we learned to be silent. But simple actions have the power to move people.
It used to be that if we didn’t explode in silence, then we would die in it; now we explode and die in it, or perhaps we merely die in it.
Our souls are buried in silence.

Filmography:
（2007）Forbid Silence (“Jinzhi chenmo”)
（2007）People's Artist Jia Jinshu (“Renmin yishu jia Jia Jinshu”)
（2008）Criticizing China (“Piping Zhongguo”)
（2008） Kun 1 Action! (“Kun 1 xingdong”)