Crosscurrent.
A Berlinale Silver Bear winner from master cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-Bing (In the Mood for Love, The Assassin), this mysterious, sublime and elegiac odyssey blends breathtaking images of the river that has nurtured Chinese civilization with fantasy, poetry and history to create a complex univers...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Chinese |
| Language Notes: | In Mandarin, with subtitles in English. |
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[United States] :
Cheng Cheng Films,
2016.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | A Berlinale Silver Bear winner from master cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-Bing (In the Mood for Love, The Assassin), this mysterious, sublime and elegiac odyssey blends breathtaking images of the river that has nurtured Chinese civilization with fantasy, poetry and history to create a complex universe. From the spinning Shanghai metropolis to snow-capped Tibet Mountains, Gao Chun steers a cargo up the Yangtze and comes across a reversely aging woman named An Lu at every port recorded in a poetry book. He wonders whether she is supernatural or he is traveling back in time. After passing a pagoda that reverberates Buddha's voice, a flooded town reappeared elsewhere and the grandiose Three Gorges Dam, he finally arrives at the start of the river and unveils the secret of his past and An Lu. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 116 min.)) : sd., col. |
| Playing Time: | 01:55:39 |
| Audience: | NRT. |
| Awards: | Won 2016 Berlin International Film Festival Silver Berlin Bear, Outstanding Artistic Contribution Won 2017 Asian Film Awards, Best Sound Won 2016 Asia Pacific Screen Awards Jury Grand Prize, Cinematography Won 2016 Golden Horse Film Festival, Best Cinematography Won 2017 Beijing Student Film Festival Jury Award, Grand Jury Prix |
| Production Credits: | Directed by Yang Chao. |