Bi gan, a chinese young director and poet, was born in kaili, guizhou in 1989. Kaili blues a new language for chinese film kaili blues, an eccentric, remarkably assured first feature by the young chinese director bi gan, is both the most elusive and the most memorable new movie that ive seen in quite some. It has a pencil sketch of a plot, with the makings of a subtropical noir. Kaili blues takes a mysterious journey through memory. Il a perdu sa femme lorsquil etait en prison pour avoir servi dans les triades. In many of his songs, the music is very smooth sounding, but with his ominous and soft voice, combined with the lyrics itself, it is very misleading as to what he is talking about. Kaili blues bi gans arthouse gem blends memories and time. The screenings i attended gave rise to audienceecstasy in both situations. Kaili blues a new language for chinese film kaili blues, an eccentric, remarkably assured first feature by the young chinese director bi gan, is both the most elusive and the most memorable new movie that ive seen in quite some timeelusive and memorable being central to bis ambitions. No films possess the entrancing emptiness of this particular work. In the subtropical province of guizhou, chen sheng embarks on a journey. Kaili blues, a dreamy trek with otherworldly beauty the.
Weiwei soon vanishes, and chen sets out to find him, embarking on a mystical quest that takes him to the riverside city of kaili and the town of dang mai. This record could indisputably be considered one to be all about sex but in a very abstract sense. Its a film of impeccable symbolism that transforms all that is onscreen, and off, into pieces of an unsolvable, sauntering, floating jigsaw puzzle which may, or may not, have all the pieces necessary for completion, for understanding. Chen sheng chen yongzhong, the directors uncle, a reformed gangster who now owns a smalltown medical clinic in chinas misty guizhou province, sets off to adopt his. Film finances supplies completion bonds to film, television, digital, and interactive productions. Kaili blues 2015, his first narrative feature film, screened at locarno film festival 2015, winning the best emerging director award and the. E ven before the hourlong take that makes up its second half, bi gans shapeshifting noir epic long days journey into night displays the kind of filmmaking prowess thats better seen than talked about. Kaili blues 2016 03232016 fr mystery, drama 1h 53m user score. Chen, a preoccupied doctor working in a small clinic in the raindrenched city of kaili, decides to fulfill his late mothers wish and sets off on a journey to look for his brothers abandoned child. The company was founded in 1950 and has offices in usa, uk, australia, canada, south africa, scandinavia, germany and china. In the subtropical province of guizhou, chen sheng embarks on a journey to find his nephew. Kaili blues bi gans arthouse gem blends memories and time south china morning.
The chinese name of this film lu bian ye can originated from strugatsky brothers roadside picnic which was rearranged into stalker by andrei tarkovsky. Kaili blues features a 41minute tracking shot that follows its characters on. Blue film is a very intimate album, but very raunchy as well. The 15 most unique movies of all time page 2 taste of. Kaili blues 2016 0323 2016 fr mystery, drama 1h 53m user score.
Sriff celebrates world cinema where we discover new films and voices from around the world. After finishing the rough cut, i asked someone to show it to lim. Gregory, printed in largeformat for the first time, from the original negatives now in the nla collection. Poetic kaili blues is a beautiful film about a chinese. Ritu, a schizophrenic is put through a heart wrenching ordeal to prove the existence of her love. The film had its world premiere at the toronto international film festival on september 12, 2016. Bi gans film is a soulful depiction of chinas increasingly rapid pace of. A stunning debut from chinese director bi gan, kaili blues is an audacious, mesmerizing work that announces the arrival of a major new filmmaker. Tarr, wong kar wai, and a few other modern masters have so reinvented film. Kaili blues reveals a new approach for art films global times.
If youre looking for something that moves along at more than a crawl, or has a comprehensible, linear storyline, youll want to kick in your tv screen well before this is over. This remarkable visual achievement, which feels as singular and alien as the films of the great apichatpong weerasethakul, was shot in the mining village kaili, the directors birthplace, and incorporates poetry hes been writing since he was a teenager. Ranked among film comments best undistributed films of 2015, bi gans remarkable arthouse debut swept up locarnos best new director prize, its screening in the festival hailed as one of the most assured directorial debuts of the decade by both film comment and cinemascope. The highly anticipated new film by bi gan who streaked on to the scene like a comet with kaili blues 2015 seeks to further heighten that films attempt at a cinematic adventure. His partner in the clinic, a lonely old lady, asks him to also find her former lover. Time again for our annual international critics poll of the years top movies. In kaili blues gan offers up an increasingly dreamlike elegy for. The film vaulted the young director into the international film festival circuit. The feature debut of the writer and director bi gan, kaili blues finds chen chen yongzhong, a physician, working at a shabby medical clinic in kaili, a city in china.
Kaili blues should be seen at least two times, and discussed by film students in every international serious film school, and by audiences who are passionate about cinema in all countries within and outside china. If thats an elliptical statement, it befits a film thats baffling as a whole though. Through a remarkable arsenal of stylistic techniques, the film develops into a oneofakind road movie, at once magical and materialist, traversing both space and time. In a small clinic in the raindrenched city of kaili, two preoccupied doctors. These directors have reshaped film into being once again think silent films a visual medium.
To coincide with the exhibition celestial empire at the national library of australia, the australian centre on china in the world anu presents a selection of rarely seen photographs of 1930s china taken by stanley o. Nevertheless, it was an honor to speak briefly with the 29yearold auteuralbeit over the phone, and with the help of an interpreterabout how his life has changed in the wake of. For an enhanced browsing experience, get the imdb app on your smartphone or tablet. Playing with apichatpong weerasethakuls mysterious object at noon. Customers who viewed this item also viewed these digital items. Kaili blues, a dreamy trek with otherworldly beauty. And here, in the film s second half, bi and wang execute an audacious traveling. Founded in 2012, the silk road international film festival sriff is fast becoming an international acclaimed film festival which is held annually in dublin, ireland. Poetic kaili blues is a beautiful film about a chinese doctor. It looks like we dont have any akas for this title yet. Not rated 1h 53min drama, mystery 15 july 2016 china lu bian ye. An audacious, richly imagined feature debut that has collected prizes around the world, kaili blues heralds the arrival of a major new filmmaker. Bi gan on long days journey into night and pushing the boundaries of 3d nyff56 duration. Were lulled into an aquatic setting of a provincial mainland set, and shot on location in the kaili, and zhenyuan province, where chen shen runs a small medical practice with an elder practitioner named guanglin.
Apr, 2016 bi gan on long days journey into night and pushing the boundaries of 3d nyff56 duration. The film had its world premiere at the toronto international film festival on september 12, 2016 the film was released on october 7, 2016, in a limited release prior to being released through video on demand on october 11, 2016. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point. After i bahhumbugged 2014 and declared 2015 a dud for prestige films, 2016 for all the suffering and heartbreak it hath wrought outside the cinema brought forth so many great films that a. Gan bi won best emerging director and best first feature at the 2015 locarno film festival. Kaili blues is a magnificent contrast of show and tell as carefully delineated compositions into a freewheeling travelogue. Guo yue and unidentified man in bi gans kaili blues. Born in kaili, guizhou province, in 1989, bi gan began his film career with kaili. But she questions the authenticity of the world we live in and call real. Festival des 3 continents, for his first fulllength motion picture, kaili blues. The two features that the 29yearold chinese director bi gan has completed in. Blue jay is a romantic drama film directed by alex lehmann in his fictional feature debut, from a screenplay by mark duplass. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.
Kaili blues is a genuine arthouse film, confusing to follow but visually captivating and a great testament to bi gans directorial abilities. Kaili blues a doctor travels to his hometown to rescue his nephew, in the process confronting his traumatic past, in chinese director bi gans aesthetically remarkable debut. Luo, returning to his hometown of kaili in chinas guizhou province for his fathers funeral, walks through the. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the akas submission guide. Festival and taiwans golden horse awardsis an audacious work that announces a major. Kaili blues, a rebut film directed by gan bi who hadnt been heard before by most film critics or audience. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. And here, in the films second half, bi and wang execute an audacious traveling. Jackpot a comedy short film saturday, december 06, 2014. May 20, 2016 im not eager to see kaili blues a second time. The achievement of kaili blues can be measured against a higher profile film from. Kaili blues has the kitchensink feel of a new director eager to try every artfilm technique in the book, but the films beauty and inventiveness are riveting.
Since a sizable portion of the population is using social distancing for selfbettermentif social media brags can be believedthen this feels like an ideal time for a deep dive into the companys vaults through their video on demand channel, ifc films unlimited. If youre looking for something that moves along at more than a crawl, or has a comprehensible, linear storyline, youll want to. Anderson has been published on a wide variety of film topics, including new iranian cinema, the french new wave, postwar japanese film, bollywood, 21 st century hollywood and the work of howard hawks, the subject of his dissertation. A stunning, dreamlike debut, kaili blues is about a country doctors search for an abandoned child that takes him to a mysterious place where past, present and future become one. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title kaili. This is one of the most underappreciated films of recent years. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Kaili sirge born 1983, estonian crosscountry skier. Marginal geographies oklahoma city museum of art okcmoa.
In 20 alone, chinas share of the worlds extreme poor fell an astonishing 5 percentage points, from to 8 percent. This is kaili blues trailerwith english subtitles by heaven pictures on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Kotha ammai kotha abbai thursday, january 01, 2015. Apr 12, 2019 t he 20th anniversary of ifc films just so happens to coincide with many of us suddenly having a lot more time on our hands. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing kaili blues near you.
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