Beijing Undergorund Film Series: Ox Hide by Liu Jiayin

Thu, Jun 8
7 pm and 9 pm
$8 regular, $5 students, seniors and teachers, $5 YBCA members

Beneath mainstream cinema exists an exploding independent digital =

video scene in urban Beijing. This work is not generally publicly =

distributed or exhibited in its home country. Fiercely independent, =

the work provides a unique, unofficial window to the study and =

understanding of contemporary China.

Ox Hide
by Liu Jiayin
(2005, 110 min, video)
Thu, Jun 8, 7 pm & 9 pm

"The tension between 'reality' and artifice pushes the film into =

darker and more troubling psychological areas than cin=E9ma-v=E9rit=E9 has =

ever reached." -Tony Rayns, London Film Festival

Already widely recognized as one of the most innovative Chinese films =

in years, Ox Hide is a tour-de-force by young director Liu Jiayin. =

Shot entirely in her family's tiny apartment, Liu and her parents =

play themselves. The film, however, is entirely scripted and designed =

with unflinching rigor. Liu stages 23 static shots, her DV camera =

creating a claustrophobic, closed universe. The multiple award- =

winning work shows how formal experimentation can coexist with =

engrossing human drama and powerful emotion.

Venue:

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (Screening Room)
701 Mission Street
San Francisco
415.978.ARTS (2787)
www.ybca.org

Additional Info:

415.978.ARTS (2787)