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Wang Bing 王兵
Man with No Name 無名者
2009
Wang Bing rose to prominence as an independent filmmaker in the late 1990s. His cinematic practice focuses on issues such as economic inequality and the displacement of people in contemporary Chinese society. Shot in an unnamed, remote part of China, Man with No Name is a haunting inquiry into the meaning of human existence and loneliness. Characterised by anonymity and intimacy, the film tells the story of a forty-year-old cave dweller whose life has been cut off from the rest of the world. Despite the difficult environment, the man seems content living in self-isolation. The film captures his life through the seasons, observing how he searches for and grows food and collects rainwater, maintaining a sustainable and self-sufficient lifestyle despite the arduous work and severe weather. Wang’s storytelling of an anonymous man living in a deserted wasteland presents an alternative narrative to the dominant one of China’s social and economic prosperity.
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