22° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Detours China
Murdered Trotsky in Summer, Gentleman in Financial Crisis Got More Depressed
by Lu Chunsheng
A
friend and collaborator of Yang Fudong, Lu Chunsheng borrows from the
maestro's filmed material and takes it to an extreme in a crazy race
that goes beyond every Chinese tradition. The grotesque race of the
characters mocks the city and its conventions. Even a certain leaning
toward the cerebral is muffled by an instinctive gesture that would like
to overturn the world. A true leap into the void. "I put two unrelated
events together. I believe there is certain kind of unknown connections
behind many things. Of course this is only my imagination. They only
happen in my film." (Lu Chunsheng)
Biography
film director
Chunsheng Lu
Lu Chunsheng (Changchun, China, 1968) lives and works in Shanghai. A photographer and video artist, he has exhibited his works all over the world.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Curve Which Can Cough (cm, 2001), Brother Wright's Fault (cm, 2002), Murdered Trotsky in Summer, Gentlemen in Financial Circles Got more Depressed (cm, 2003), Before the Appearance of the First Steam Engine (cm, 2003), History of Chemistry (cm, 2004).