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Screening
“An Elephant Sitting Still” (2018, Hu Bo)
Open To The Public
Sure to be remembered as a landmark in Chinese cinema, the late Hu Bo’s first and final feature film combines long-take heroics with a deeply felt series of interwoven stories.
Film Theater at the Rubenstein Arts Center 2020 Campus Drive Durham,
NC
27705
Description
An Elephant Sitting Still (Hu Bo, 2018, 230 min, China, Mandarin w/ English subtitles, Color, DCP)
— Introduced by Prof. Eileen Cheng-yin Chow (Asian & Middle Eastern Studies)
Sure to be remembered as a landmark in Chinese cinema, the late Hu Bo’s first and final feature film combines long-take heroics with a deeply felt series of interwoven stories concerning characters young and old, joined by a shared longing to escape their suffocating lives.
“One of the greatest recent films…A masterwork.” –Richard Brody, The New Yorker
