VIRTUAL REALITY: The Deserted
Moscow International Experimental Film Festival MIEFF and Garage Museum team present a joint project in the field of virtual reality: innovative VR-film The Deserted by Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang, who received an award at the 74th Venice Film Festival. Screenings will be held till October 2.
«The Deserted»
Taiwan | 2017 | 55 min
The Deserted, a film by Tsai, Ming-Liang. The artisan of cinematography approaches virtual reality, pushing the boundaries of VR film. A film produced by tech pioneer HTC Virtual Reality Content Centre, and co-produced with Jaunt China. The 55-minute long film's title in its original Chinese means "the Home of Lan Re Temple" and is a short ghost story stripped from a longer novel. Lan Re Temple is an abandoned temple in which ghosts and spirits dwell. Three years ago, due to poor health, Tsai moved to an abandoned ruin in the mountains with Lee Kang-sheng and began a life closer to nature, fixing up the old house, tilling the land and living with the insects, birds and other creatures. Tsai said, "We were surrounded by other abandoned and dilapidated houses. Sometimes, I get the feeling that it's not that we don't have neighbours, but that we can't see them. I told Lee Kang-sheng, 'We are living at Lan Re Temple." For the first time the film was shown in virtual reality films programme of the 74th Venice Film Festival in VR-Theater on the island of Lazaretto.
Taiwan | 2017 | 55 min
The Deserted, a film by Tsai, Ming-Liang. The artisan of cinematography approaches virtual reality, pushing the boundaries of VR film. A film produced by tech pioneer HTC Virtual Reality Content Centre, and co-produced with Jaunt China. The 55-minute long film's title in its original Chinese means "the Home of Lan Re Temple" and is a short ghost story stripped from a longer novel. Lan Re Temple is an abandoned temple in which ghosts and spirits dwell. Three years ago, due to poor health, Tsai moved to an abandoned ruin in the mountains with Lee Kang-sheng and began a life closer to nature, fixing up the old house, tilling the land and living with the insects, birds and other creatures. Tsai said, "We were surrounded by other abandoned and dilapidated houses. Sometimes, I get the feeling that it's not that we don't have neighbours, but that we can't see them. I told Lee Kang-sheng, 'We are living at Lan Re Temple." For the first time the film was shown in virtual reality films programme of the 74th Venice Film Festival in VR-Theater on the island of Lazaretto.
TSAI MING-LIANG
Tsai Ming-Liang (born 1957) s a film director, winner of a number of prestigious awards of European film festivals, including Golden Lion of Venice Film Festival. He was born on October 27, 1957 in Malaysia, in the city of Kuching. At the age of 20, he moved to Taiwan. In 1998, he graduated from the Department of Drama and Cinematography of Chinese Cultural University in Taiwan, and then worked as a producer, screenwriter and television director in Hong Kong. Tsai's film honours include a Golden Lion (best picture) for Vive L'Amour at the 51st Venice International Film Festival in 1994, the Silver Bear (Special Jury Prize) for The River at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival in 1998, the FIPRESCI award for The Hole at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival;[7] and the Alfred Bauer Prize and Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Achievement for The Wayward Cloud at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival in 2005, the Grand Jury Prize at the 70th Venice International Film Festival for Stray Dogs in 2013.
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PROGRAMME 2018