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Wang Jianwei 汪建偉
The Morning Time Disappeared 時間消失的早晨
2014
The Morning Time Disappeared presents the story of a young man in Beijing, who—like the protagonist of Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis—undergoes a disturbing physical transformation: he wakes up one morning as a fish-like creature. With only one arm, a fin, and a flipper, he can do little but wiggle around his bedroom. At first he retains some energy, as when he defends himself to a co-worker who stops by to chastise him for his absence. His family is fearful; his mother and sister enter his room only tentatively, to leave food or move furniture. Their concern soon gives way to aversion and resentment, especially after the young man disrupts an important dinner.
Wang Jianwei shoots in a straightforward, realistic style that recalls the staging of a play. His camera often lingers in the dark, quiet bedroom, where time seems frozen. The film extends Wang’s ongoing interests in theatricality and time while allegorically evoking the pressures of family and society.
Wang Jianwei shoots in a straightforward, realistic style that recalls the staging of a play. His camera often lingers in the dark, quiet bedroom, where time seems frozen. The film extends Wang’s ongoing interests in theatricality and time while allegorically evoking the pressures of family and society.
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