Bi Gan's last project, “Long Day's Journey Into Night,” was an ambitious, 138-minute feature that became instantly iconic for a nearly hour-long tracking shot filmed entirely in 3D. His latest effort, the aptly-titled “A Short Story,” is a 15-minute cat fable commissioned by a pet company. For most other directors, this shift in focus might result in an easy paycheck or minor stylistic exercise, but Bi turns the quaint concept into a vessel for further formal experimentation. His powers are evident regardless of running time.
A Short Story is screening at Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia
The story takes on the form of a fairy tale, with Bi himself narrating the journey of a Black Cat (Guo Hua Chen; voiced by Huan Huang) who sets out to find the “most precious thing in the world” after a Scarecrow tells him he can locate it if he talks to...
A Short Story is screening at Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia
The story takes on the form of a fairy tale, with Bi himself narrating the journey of a Black Cat (Guo Hua Chen; voiced by Huan Huang) who sets out to find the “most precious thing in the world” after a Scarecrow tells him he can locate it if he talks to...
- 6/18/2023
- by Henry McKeand
- AsianMoviePulse
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