The Fly
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Country/Region:
China Mainland
Release Year: 2009
Release Year: 2009
Story:
Liu Peipei is painting in his studio. His model is a young woman. During the process of making his painting, he speaks of his personal experiences from around 1980—the students who fought for their right to draw live nude models, his and his classmates’ dissatisfaction with the conservative academic atmosphere which was the legacy of the Cultural Revolution, everyone taking part in planning an outdoor exhibition for which permission was not granted. Actions which are completely taken for granted today were in that day, considered treason and heresy.
Liu Peipei is painting in his studio. His model is a young woman. During the process of making his painting, he speaks of his personal experiences from around 1980—the students who fought for their right to draw live nude models, his and his classmates’ dissatisfaction with the conservative academic atmosphere which was the legacy of the Cultural Revolution, everyone taking part in planning an outdoor exhibition for which permission was not granted. Actions which are completely taken for granted today were in that day, considered treason and heresy.
Casts & Crews:
Zhang Ming
Directors
Runtime:
40
minutes
Subtitles:
Chinese
Tags:
#Memory, #Painter, # Reform policy
Director‘s Statement:
The moment in which he finishes his recollections, his painting is also finished. But his painting appears to have nothing in common with his model’s body…
Liu Peipei, fifty-six years old. The first batch of students to take the recuperated National College Examination after the end of the Cultural Revolution. Entering class of 1977. Studied oil painting, best painter in his class. Professor of Oil Painting till present.
Liu Peipei, fifty-six years old. The first batch of students to take the recuperated National College Examination after the end of the Cultural Revolution. Entering class of 1977. Studied oil painting, best painter in his class. Professor of Oil Painting till present.
Casts & Crews
Zhang Ming
Director
