Man in Black
Southeast Asian Premiere
WANG Bing France, USA, UK 2023 60 min M18 (Nudity)
Dissident Chinese composer Wang Xilin bares his body and soul as he relates experiences of persecution during the Cultural Revolution.
Wang Xilin, 86, is one of China’s foremost modern classical composers, known for his dramatic and subversive works. During the Cultural Revolution, he was persecuted and tortured for 14 years for publicly critiquing the Communist Party’s cultural policies. In an empty theatre, he recounts his life, performs actions and plays the piano, the marks of a lifetime of experience and suffering starkly visible on his bare body.
Music from his symphonies form a counterpoint to his voice, weaving in and out, and sometimes swelling over his verbal testimony. Wang’s film is a bold and compassionate portrayal of an artist and dissident whose work unflinchingly addresses the darkest aspects of China’s history from 1949 to the 1990s.
This film will be screened together with The Second Interrogation.
The total programme rating for Man in Black & The Second Interrogation, is M18.
2 Dec, Sat 6:30PM / 125 min
Filmgarde Kallang, Hall 2
AT THE FEST!
Screening are free seating & first-come, first-serve basis.
All ticket purchasers are kindly asked to be on time and note the 10-min grace period.
Plus, a new Rush Queue for last-min folks!
Man in Black
黑衣人
WANG Bing
France, USA, UK
2023
Mandarin
English
60 min
M18 (Nudity)
Southeast Asian Premiere
WANG Bing
WANG Bing is known for his uncompromising and ambitious documentary films and video installations about the history and contemporary realities of China, including West of the Tracks (2002), Mrs Fang (2017) and Dead Souls (2018). His works have been shown and awarded at multiple international film festivals, and exhibited and collected by museums in Asia and Europe.
WANG Xilin
K. LIHONG
Sonia BUCHMAN
Nicolas R. DE LA MOTHE
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Man in Black & The Second Interrogation (Double Bill)
