Useless 2008

Useless (2008) is a Documentary film from China in the lookmovie catalog, running 1h 24m. Directed by Jia Zhangke, it features Ma Ke. Viewers rate it 6.6/10 from 9 votes. 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.