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The Private Life of Fen Fen 议论芬芬
The UCLA International Institute presents the film, "The Private Life of Fen Fen," as part of their 2014 China Onscreen Biennial: Wild Women.
When:
October 21, 2014 8:30pm to 10:30pm
Where
Wild Women
Los Angeles Premiere 2013
Director/Cinematographer/Editor: Leslie Tai
Sound: Sarah Berkovich, Chocho Tang, Wang Yixuan
Composer: Philip Agrusa, Claus Muzak
Cast: Guo Lifen
Quicktime, color, in Mandarin w/ English s/t, 29 min.
Leslie Tai’s collaborative portrait of Guo Lifen (Fenfen), a young, working-class masseuse from Guangdong, digs into the mise en abyme of multi-level representation by collecting more than 100 hours of Fenfen’s video diary footage and constructing a faux television broadcast inside cheap restaurants, hole-in-the-wall cigarette shops, and alley hair salons across China. There, other migrant workers can watch and consume Fenfen’s real life as would-be entertainment. – Bérénice Reynaud
Followed by:
The VaChina Monologues
Female Directors
Cost:
$11 general admission. $8 for REDCAT members and non-CalArts students. $5 for CalArts students, faculty and staff. Online tickets available at www.redcat.org
Event Website URL:
Phone Number:
(310)825-8839
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