Parkland of Decay and Fantasy

Duration: 01:44:54
Country/Region:
Mainland China
Release Year: 2022
Release Year: 2022
Publish Date: 24 March 2023 00:00:00 UTC
Story:
Technology and spirituality are parallel forces in an abandoned and possibly haunted Chinese amusement park once taken over by outsider artists. If it is true that at the moment of death, consciousness sends out its last waves of thought into the universe, much like a text message sent from a mobile phone, the old theme park may be an antennae receiving signals from the beyond. Physical, spiritual and virtual realities are layered as the film explores how the gap between the dreams and realities of its wayward residents resonates with the highs and lows of China’s rapid economic growth over the past 30 years.
Technology and spirituality are parallel forces in an abandoned and possibly haunted Chinese amusement park once taken over by outsider artists. If it is true that at the moment of death, consciousness sends out its last waves of thought into the universe, much like a text message sent from a mobile phone, the old theme park may be an antennae receiving signals from the beyond. Physical, spiritual and virtual realities are layered as the film explores how the gap between the dreams and realities of its wayward residents resonates with the highs and lows of China’s rapid economic growth over the past 30 years.
Cast

ZHU Chenliang
Directors
Runtime :
104
minutes
Language :
Mandarin, Italian
Subtitles :
Chinese, English
iMDB :
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18396068/
Douban :
https://movie.douban.com/subject/35789770/
Festivals&Awards :
2022 CPH:DOX - New Vision, Denmark
2022 FIRST International Film Festival - Documentary Competition, China
2022 Torino Film Festival - International Documentaries Competition, Italy
Tags :
#Wasteland, #Digital World, #Soul
Director‘s Statement
ZHU aims to create his own process where patience and intuition is the very essence in the making of his films as the story emerges from the characters, the spiritual rises from the mundane, and the subconscious collides with the conscious. He believes it is such process that sets him free on the ride of acute instincts and establishes a bodily connection between the heart and mind, the product of which brings people to the bed of honest human emotions and another level of sensory state in relaxation.
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完全出乎预料,很可能是我心中的年度最佳。伤怀又生猛,影像时有冒犯,桀骜可贵。混杂纪录、恐怖、文艺、实验和伪纪录,本该有副缝合怪的模样,却反倒提纯出诱人的怪诞魔幻。被世人遗忘的岛,是生死驻留的渡口,分明能看到熙来攘往。鹅、先锋度假村、人的过往、弦乐,尽数静止在它们魂魄弥留之际。结尾,飞起来的是鹅吗,或许是我吧。
YoungQ at 2023-05-09
Vince Zhou at 2023-03-26
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Cast

ZHU Chenliang
Director
Story:
Technology and spirituality are parallel forces in an abandoned and possibly haunted Chinese amusement park once taken over by outsider artists. If it is true that at the moment of death, consciousness sends out its last waves of thought into the universe, much like a text message sent from a mobile phone, the old theme park may be an antennae receiving signals from the beyond. Physical, spiritual and virtual realities are layered as the film explores how the gap between the dreams and realities of its wayward residents resonates with the highs and lows of China’s rapid economic growth over the past 30 years.