The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink

In the twilight years of the Cultural Revolution, a Chinese filmmaker slowly becoming blind tours the country screening her last film to peasants. In it, the woman imagines two "alien" lovers walking from end-to-end along the Great Wall to join each other in the middle, one last time. This documentary is an adaptation of Ulay and Marina Abramovic's final collaborative project, the 1988 performance "The Lovers: The Great Wall Walk."

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
65 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
65 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Jan 1, 1989
Season
1989
Ratings
0
Popularity
0
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0
Reviews
0
Producers
Contemporary Art Foundation
Genres
Romance, Documentary
Country
GB

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Description

In the twilight years of the Cultural Revolution, a Chinese filmmaker slowly becoming blind tours the country screening her last film to peasants. In it, the woman imagines two "alien" lovers walking from end-to-end along the Great Wall to join each other in the middle, one last time. This documentary is an adaptation of Ulay and Marina Abramovic's final collaborative project, the 1988 performance "The Lovers: The Great Wall Walk."

Immersion

Japanese

Characters

Staff

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