An Estranged Paradise (2002)
Directed by Yang Fudong
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Psychological Drama |
Run Time - 76 min. |
Countries - China |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis
Shot in 1997 and premiered at Documenta XI in 2002, An Estranged Paradise displays many of Yang's signature motifs — crisp black-and-white 35mm cinematography, storylines that blur contemporaneity with traditional stylistics, homages to/revisions of genre cinema akin to the early work of his influences Jean-Luc Godard and Jim Jarmusch — while also reflecting his early studies as a painter, notably in a prologue that muses on the traditional methods and subjectivity of Chinese landscape painting.
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Chinese [nationality], fear, life, mind