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Good Cats (好猫/ Haomao)
The Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago will be screening Good Cats (好猫/ Haomao), an independent film directed by Ying Liang.
When:
December 5, 2008 12:00am
Where
Good Cats is independent filmmaker Ying Liang’s third feature film (after Taking Father Home and The Other Half), employing digital video and non-professional actors. The title of the film refers to reformist politician Deng Xiaoping’s principle that it doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white – as long as it catches mice. Good Cats is a sharp satire revealing the dark side of China’s economic miracle with striking originality. While following the irresponsible life of the main protagonist Luo, a chauffeur and debt collector for a dubious real estate developer, it shows the changes that rapid urbanisation has brought to Zigong, a fast-growing inland city in Southwest China’s Sichuan province. In the film, daily life is permeated with surreal events playing out on the border between reality, absurdity and hallucination. (103 min, in Chinese with English subtitles).
Friday, December 5, 2008, 12:40 – 2:40pm
Center for East Asian Studies
Judd Hall, Room 302
5835 S. Kimbark
Chicago, IL. 60637
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