The Iron Ministry2015
The Iron Ministry (2015)
The Iron Ministry Photos
Movie Info
Watch it now
Cast
Critic Reviews for The Iron Ministry
All Critics (15) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (2)
Amid the rumble, Sniadecki's camera spies such a variety of life that it soon seems as though these trains provide a stage for the full spectrum of human activity.
Filmmaker J.P. Sniadecki withholds judgment and resists editorializing, but the result is frustratingly nebulous and devoid of context.
"The Iron Ministry" is neither boring nor confining, which is just to say that it's not a long trip through a faraway country. It's a work of art - vivid and mysterious and full of life.
The overheard conversations touch on social issues (e.g., China's rapid industrialization and rampant unemployment) addressed more thoroughly in numerous recent Chinese films.
What emerges is a sense of an optimistic people well aware of how hard times can be but convinced they might be getting better.
The parallel tracks of railways and cinema profitably converge yet again in J.P.Sniadecki's outstanding, semi-experimental documentary The Iron Ministry, a pungently immersive evocation of traveling on Chinese trains.
Audience Reviews for The Iron Ministry
There are no featured audience reviews yet. Click the link below to see what others say about The Iron Ministry!
The Iron Ministry Quotes
There are no approved quotes yet for this movie.