Useless

1h 24m

Documentary

6.4

Observations of three varied corners of China’s garment industry: workers in a large-scale production line factory; a designer who rallies against the mass-machine-production of clothes and has created the eponymous hand-made collection called ‘Useless’ (Wuyong) for Paris Fashion Week; and finally the simple life of increasingly out-of-work tailors in small town Fengdang.

Cast

Ma Ke

Self

Crew

Ren Jiajia

Location Sound Recordist

Jia Zhangke

Director, Director of Photography

Zhang Jia

Editor

Chen Pei

Assistant Editor

Duan Wei

Assistant Editor

Nelson Yu Lik-wai

Director of Photography, Producer

Han Jie

Assistant Director, Still Photographer

Chen Rui

Assistant Director

Eva Lam

Production Coordinator

Casper Leung

Production Coordinator

Mao Jihong

Executive Producer

Chow Keung

Executive Producer

Kang Jianmin

Executive Producer

Zhao Tao

Producer

Shu Lei

Associate Producer, Still Photographer

Ma Ning

Associate Producer

Zhang Dong

Associate Producer, Production Manager

Ma Hemin

Production Assistant

Tian Li

Camera Operator

Ge Yinghan

Assistant Camera

Kubbie Tsoi

Assistant Camera

Zhang Yang

Sound Designer

Shen Jianqin

Sound Engineer

Si Zhonglin

Boom Operator

Liu Tao

Boom Operator

Wu Jianxun

Boom Operator

Lim Giong

Original Music Composer

Enrico Dagnino

Still Photographer

Lin Xudong

Creative Consultant

Pan Cheng

Driver

Mo Xianrong

Driver

Fan Jinhua

Driver

Shao Jingguo

Driver

Li Shangqin

Driver

Lin Ying

Driver

Xu Youping

Location Manager

Julien Selleron

Location Manager

Zhao Dengxin

Location Manager

Jia Wenyu

Public Relations

Zhang Guang Yu

Gaffer

Dai Yingying

Publicist