Electric Shadows on Penglai Mountain: For Fun

Third screening in the Velaslavasay's 20th Anniversary Film Series

Friday, August 6, 2021 - 8:00pm
Saturday, August 7, 2021 - 8:00pm

The final iteration in the Velaslavasay Panorama's 20th Anniversary film screening series Electric Shadows on Pengali Moutnain 蓬莱山电影, we present Ning Ying's 1992 film For Fun.

 

For Fun 《找乐》

China 1992 | Color | 97 mins | Mandarin with English subtitles

Directed by Ning Ying

Starring Huang Wenjie & Huang Zongluo/ Cinematography Di Wu & Feng Xiao

Script Ning Ying & Dai Ying /Based on the novel by Chen Jiangong
 
Presented in collaboration with The Livonian Cinema

Friday & Saturday August 6th & 7th, 2021 - 8:00 PM

 $16 General Admission / $12 VPES Members

***Advanced Tickets Highly Recommended***

For Fun explores the life of Old Han, a "recently retired concierge of an opera company and his battle against bureaucracy to establish an amateur opera troupe featuring men like himself. The film dwells on the pastimes of old Beijingers, such as opera connoisseruship and bathhouse chats."

Director Ning Ying made For Fun "to capture her native Beijing—'ugly, rough, beautiful, exciting, and horrible, all at once.' As soon as she started shooting, however, she realized that the city was changing too rapidly for her to establish a stable rapport with it. Buildings were being razed and new ones constructed overnight...In the absence of familiar landmarks, her memories were unanchored. Beijing no longer felt like her hometown. All that remained was the historical record kept by her camera."*

For Fun 《找乐》 is presented in Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles and will be screened outdoors with limited seating. Guests can visit Shengjing Panorama, a 360-degree painting of Shenyang, China circa 1910-1930 before & after the screening.

 

Doors will open at 8pm, and the movie will begin at 8:30. Advance tickets strongly encouraged.

We recommend bringing a blanket to stay warm throughout the night.

 

*Quotes from Yomi Braester's Painting The City Red: Chinese Cinema and the Urban Contract

This screening is made possible through support from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the Velaslavasay Panorama Enthusiast Society.

 

Photos by Forest Casey

 

 --- Sponsors of For Fun Screening ---

 

Beijing Opera Club for the Aged - 交道口老年京剧社

 

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