A Pointless Film

Duration: 00:03:07
Country/Region:
Mainland China
Release Year: 2019
Release Year: 2019
Story:
A film student buries herself in cinema to avoid her miserable family, and imagines her family members as characters in a film that she writes and directs. In her film, her father turns into a cactus and her mother no longer has to live in the illusion of having a perfect family. Her seemingly ridiculous imagination is her only escape from her mundane life, until the bubble of fantasy pops.
A film student buries herself in cinema to avoid her miserable family, and imagines her family members as characters in a film that she writes and directs. In her film, her father turns into a cactus and her mother no longer has to live in the illusion of having a perfect family. Her seemingly ridiculous imagination is her only escape from her mundane life, until the bubble of fantasy pops.
Cast

Sihui KUANG
Directors
Runtime :
25
minutes
Language :
Mandarin
Subtitles :
Chinese,English
Tags :
#Taiwan,#family,#female
Director‘s Statement
As a film student, I want to explore the process of filmmaking while discussing about how the form of filmmaking becomes its content. This “pointless film”is not only the film I made but also the same film as the one made through the main character’s “kino-eye”. I also try to depict a dying marriage and a lifeless family based on my own life experience in a fun and varied way.
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张嘉雯 at 2022-11-21
与其说这是部“元电影”,女导演企图以观影经验构建一个具有本体意识与自我反射的电影世界,毋宁说这是一种将电影作为认知自我、家庭与社会的方法的探索实验。片中数次出现女主角观影时的眼睛,具象化观众“凝视”之中对电影代入的欲望,反复跨越“第四堵墙”,通过戏仿经典影片达成对现实的解构与释放,然而这场乌托邦式的想象最终落入现实羁绊,代入电影后的“在场”同时意味着必然的“缺席”。
Tak Shire at 2022-11-11
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Cast

Sihui KUANG
Director
Story:
A film student buries herself in cinema to avoid her miserable family, and imagines her family members as characters in a film that she writes and directs. In her film, her father turns into a cactus and her mother no longer has to live in the illusion of having a perfect family. Her seemingly ridiculous imagination is her only escape from her mundane life, until the bubble of fantasy pops.