Trailer for have a nice day, which was released to international markets as hao ji le. It premiered in the main competition for the golden bear at the 67th berlin. It reminds me of adult swim shows which is a plus for me. Grim and gripping in equal measure, have a nice day is an animated drama that pulls no punches and leaves a satisfying mark. It is liu jians second feature film, following his debut piercing i. Your day may start or end without getting a good morning or good night message from me. Jun 27, 2017 have a nice day official trailer 2017 crime comedy animation movie hd duration. Chinese animated noir is a wry, cool money chase steeped in the realities of modern china, liu jians bleak pop thriller about a soughtafter bag of cash is a. Feb 17, 2017 have a nice day premiered at the 2017 berlin international film festival. He currently is content strategist for the asia society policy. Have a nice day in have a nice day, liu jian has created a world of multiple dimensions in the 2d renderings of a seedy southern china fringe town where lives intersect over a.
Have a nice day is populated by desperate, violent people who are motivated and victimised by capitalism. Have a nice day official trailer directed by liu jian strand. Have a nice day audiobook by billy crystal, quinton. Most were either muscular, or agile highflyers, or giant super heavyweights.
Mengna da january 26, 2018 facebook tweet email shares 465. Find out where have a nice day is streaming, if have a nice day is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Tracking the cash is a blackclad hit man, hired by uncle liu to get the money back. For more movie trailers, celebrity interviews and more visit. A t 78 minutes, liu jians animation have a nice day is like a very long short film, or a preliminary sketch for a more substantial feature about gangland lowlife in the manner of a chinese. In have a nice day, a followthemoney tale in china a scene from have a nice day, an animated film by the chinese director liu jian. A darkly comic animated film set on chinas urbanrural fringe. Have a nice day is a stark, ruthless, and truetolife movie about people living on the urbanrural fringe of china today. Visually, have a nice day looks less like a movie than a motion comic odd considering that medium evolved unsuccessfully to bridge the gap between graphic novels and movies.
Have a nice day in have a nice day, liu jian has created a world of multiple dimensions in the 2d renderings of a seedy southern china fringe town where lives intersect over a bag of. Last year, have a nice day was the first chinese animated feature to screen in competition at the berlin film festival, and subsequently screened at the holland animation film festival, seattle. Unrelated to the guest country focus is the festivals selection of shorts and feature films, and the problems began when annecy selected liu jians feature film have a nice day hao ji le. The first animated chinese feature film to ever compete at the berlin film festival, liu jians have a nice day is a laconically witty thriller that introduces western audiences to a bold new pop stylist. Berlin international film festival, have a nice day, jia zhangke, liu jian, rooftop films, strand releasing. The first animated chinese feature film to ever compete at the berlin film festival, have a nice day is a laconically witty thriller that introduces western audience to bold new pop stylist liu jian. Featuring aging hitmen, philosopher gangsters and an irresistible soundtrack. Have a nice day has its faults, particularly in the technical department, but is a rather meaningful spectacle, as it presents a rather pointy critique towards the contemporary chinese society. News of the robbery spreads fast within the town and, over the course of one night, everyone starts looking for xiao zhang and his money. Jan 25, 2018 visually, have a nice day looks less like a movie than a motion comic odd considering that medium evolved unsuccessfully to bridge the gap between graphic novels and movies. There are some themes of freedom expressed but its not there that much. I watched it at a film festival, but since it was the midnight screening there werent that many people.
The film centres around a bag of million yuan that a. Foley wasnt the strongest or the most skilled technically, but he was among the. Animated crime installment was screened at the melbourne international film festival. Have a nice day liu jians considered, witty animation style adds texture to an enjoyable but slight gangster caper that literally follows the money. In a desperate attempt to find money to save his fiancees failed plastic surgery, xiao zhang, a mere driver, steals a bag containing 1 million from his boss. Have a nice day view trailer get tickets the first animated chinese feature film to ever compete at the berlin film festival, have a nice day is a laconically witty thriller that introduces western audience to bold new pop stylist liu jian. A city in southern china and a bag containing a million yuan draw several people from diverse backgrounds with different personal motives into a bloody conflict. Many of have a nice days characters are prone to philosophical soliloquies as they reveal their motivations often from in front of fading posters and artwork from the west while botched bon mots from tech titans such as jack ma and steve jobs point to the films deeper themes. Have a nice day official trailer 2017 crime comedy animation movie hd duration. The story of five people coping with their personal lives while surrounded by drama in a call center. Have a nice day was in the official competition of the 67th berlin international film festival earlier this year, but it did not take the prize from jury led by dutch filmmaker paul verhoeven. Have a nice day directed by jian liu, in theaters 12618. Acidic, astute and very animated liu jians subversive chinese feature follows a bag of stolen money.
Liu jians remarkable have a nice day is a stylish animated film that doesnt hold back its punches. Set on the outskirts of a minor city in southern china, the film follows a. The stylistic quirks that define the bitterly funny chinese animated neonoir have a nice day are thrillingly original. Foley was not a typical pro wrestler, if there is such a thing. January 26, 2018 in the animated film have a nice day, a hard rain is about to fall on a small town in southern china. Wed like to take the whole film home, to keep it and cherish its dark wit. Have a nice day is part noir, part black comedy, filled with lowlife characters with getrichquick schemes. The art style is weird and the animation is really choppy. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and tv news. No cops are called, no ambulances scream to the scene of these stabbings, shootings and vehicular murders.
In fact, the only appearance of a uniform of any kind appears on a mannequin of a traffic cop propped up at a slant in the high weeds on the. Have a nice day premiered at the 2017 berlin international film festival. Bowing in competition in berlin, chinese director liu jians second animated feature, have a nice day, follows several characters in an anonymous town chasing a bag of stolen money. Have a nice day, a bitter and cynical black comedy ripped straight from a doodlepad in the chinese underground art scene, is the closest any movie has gotten lately to punk rock. The films elegance and bleak narrative wit, along with politically caustic cynicism impressively outspoken, given the rigours of the chinese censorship system should put have a nice day in the international spotlight, with the potential to become the biggest success in adulttargeted art animation since waltz with bashir. Have a nice day is the second single from rock band the stereophonics taken from their third album just enough education to perform. Have a nice day features a live multicast script reading captured over two evenings in october of 2018 at audibles minetta lane theatre in manhattans greenwich village tony and emmy awardwinner billy crystal leads an allstar cast including oscar winner kevin kline president david murray and fourtime oscar nominee annette bening first lady katherine murray in a performance of. Jan 26, 2018 have a nice day is a stark, ruthless, and truetolife movie about people living on the urbanrural fringe of china today. In a desperate attempt to find money to save his fiancees failed plastic surgery, xiao zhang, a mere driver, steals a bag. In the brutal animated film have a nice day, nobody does. This is the kind of film that evokes stylistic predecessors like quentin tarantinos pulp fictionanother crisscrossing narrative about several tangentially related smalltime crooksand the fiction films of chinese filmmaker zhangke jia, whose melodramas all concern. About the author jonathan landreth was the founding editor of china film insider in july 2015, and helped build cfi in its first year. Chinese animated noir is a wry, cool money chase steeped in the realities of modern china, liu jians bleak pop thriller about a. Feb 17, 2017 bowing in competition in berlin, chinese director liu jians second animated feature, have a nice day, follows several characters in an anonymous town chasing a bag of stolen money.
A stylish animated heist film that smartly mixes references to the cinema of jia zhangke and quentin tarantino. Have a nice day, or as he preferred, blood and sweatsocks, was a bestseller in 99 in the middle of the attitude era. Voices by siming yang, kou cao, xiaofeng ma, changlong zhu, kai cao, yin zheng. Mar 23, 2018 a t 78 minutes, liu jians animation have a nice day is like a very long short film, or a preliminary sketch for a more substantial feature about gangland lowlife in the manner of a chinese. A hard rain is about to fall on a small town in southern china. The film centres around a bag of million yuan that a driver xiao zhang steals from his mobster boss, uncle liu.
Stolen bag of money leads to mayhem in chinese animated. Grim and gripping in equal measure, have a nice day is an animated. Have a nice day 2017 san diego asian film festival. Good newwz official trailer akshay, kareena, diljit, kiara raj mehta in cinemas 27th dec. Have a nice day, a bitter and cynical black comedy ripped straight from a doodlepad in the chinese underground art scene, is the closest any. Steev doncaster, england this was used in the movie dawn of the dead, and also in the tv shows the naked chef and veronica mars. It premiered in the main competition for the golden bear at the 67th berlin international film festival in february 2017. Produced by steve bush and marshall bird, it was released on 11 june 2001. With changlong zhu, kai cao, jian liu, siming yang.
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