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- The film is set in the northern Chinese industrial city of Shijiazhuang in the Hebei province. Filming occurred in Shijiazhuang over the course of twenty-five days in March and April 2017. Fan Chao, the film's cinematographer, shot with a handheld camera and frequently used tracking shots.
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An Elephant Sitting Still (Chinese: 大象席地而坐; pinyin: Dà Xiàng Xídì Érzuò) is a 2018 Chinese drama film written, directed and edited by Hu Bo. The first and only feature film by the novelist-turned-director Hu, who died by suicide soon after finishing his film on 12 October 2017 at the age of 29, it is based on a story with the ...
An Elephant Sitting Still: Directed by Bo Hu. With Yu Zhang, Yuchang Peng, Uvin Wang, Zi Xi. Four people in a Chinese city live through a complicated day as their lives intersect.
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- Crime, Drama
- Bo Hu
- 2019-03-08
Mar 8, 2019 · In Hu Bo’s epic first and final feature film, “An Elephant Sitting Still,” there is a mythical elephant who lives in Manzhouli, sitting still, indifferent to the cruelty of the world. Hu Bo attended the Beijing Film Academy and graduated with a B.F.A. in directing.
Mar 6, 2019 · Most scenes in “An Elephant Sitting Still” are filmed in roving shots that prowl through corridors, along streets, into and out of elevators, from apartments to streets and back.
Dec 17, 2018 · Lauded and top-gonged in China, this elephant has appeared in parts of the western world with barely a trumpet. Yet you should see it: it’s extraordinary. It is long: four hours. It will make ...
The much-talked-about elephant does finally put in an appearance – aurally, not visually – when it’s heard bellowing over the final shot of bus passengers playing shuttlecock during a rest-stop in their journey to the end of the night – which, incidentally, looks like the only tripod-mounted shot in the whole film.
Mar 8, 2019 · Features. General. ‘An Elephant Sitting Still’ Review: The First and Last Masterpiece of a Great Filmmaker Gone Too Soon. 29-year-old filmmaker Hu Bo killed himself after finishing his debut,...
