China / Jul 08, 2011
Shadow Life (2011)
Directed by Cao Fei
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10min
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5.0/10
Plot
Shadow Life, evokes folklore and communist festivals. The vignettes are performed by shadow puppets; the form of the hand is a synecdoche for the manual labor of workers and peasants, while the silhouette medium allows quick metamorphoses of a grandstanding dictator to a barking dog, a swaying tree to a crane transforming the landscape. A remake of a 2000 Russian pop hit serves as the sound track to the third part, Transmigration—a farcical rejoinder to Mao’s cover of Marxism-Leninism.
Genres
Animation
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Shadow Life |
| Original language | EN |
| Production countries | China |
| Status | Released |
| Release date | 8 luglio 2011 |
| Assistant directors | Cao Fei |
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