Director Jia Zhangke creates a short film "Visit" with the background of "epidemic" duration: 03:58 source: movie network
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under WIFI1905 Film Network News On April 21, US time, the New York Times website released short films created by five international directors, including Jia Zhangke, based on the “epidemic” background. This is the Greek Thessaloniki Film Festival with “space” as the The theme is a short film shooting plan focusing on the isolated life with the new crown epidemic sweeping the world as the background. The project invites multiple directors from around the world to create the same topic. Each film is about 3 minutes long and must be completed in an indoor space.
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| "The New York Times" released the short film "Visiting" directed by Jia Zhangke |
"The New York Times" released the first five films in this plan to the world, and the issue of "Looking for the Magical Power of the Film" was issued to the world. Reports. According to the New York Times: From a visual point of view, Jia Zhangke's short film "Visiting" is the most sophisticated production of all works, although it only took a day and a mobile phone to shoot.
"The completion of this series of short films marks the victory of life," Jia Zhangke told the New York Times. "They show that no matter what difficult situation, human minds can still breathe freely through movies. At this critical moment. We need each other’s words and beliefs to highlight our connection to each other through movies.”
Jia Zhangke also recalled in an interview: “In the past, directors in this world can be divided into two types: those who have experienced wars and those who have not experienced wars. Maybe many years later, we can say that the directors of this world can be divided into two other types: those who have experienced the new crown epidemic, and those who have not experienced the new crown epidemic. This disaster will definitely make us think for a long time and reshape ours. Film culture."
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| "Visit" starring Lian Yirui of Tsinghua University Architectural Design Institute |
Previously, Jia Zhangke said through his personal Weibo that he used a mobile phone, a computer, and completed the shooting of the short film in one day. The partners use the simplest software to complete in their respective homes. The short film "Visit" was starred by Lian Yirui of Tsinghua University Architectural Design Institute and Liang Jiayan, CEO of Pingyao International Film Festival. Lian Yirui is also the architect of Pingyao Film Palace.
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| "Visiting" starring at Pingyao International Film Festival CEO Liang Jiayan |
. The directors who joined this short film project include Golden Bear winner Iltico Inyetti ("Meat and Spirit"), Radu Jude ("Cheers"), Denis Kotai (" Soft skin") etc.
