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Wang Bing

Director

“Every film is a hard and painful process, and very tiring and difficult. And even when it’s finished, I never really feel, “This is great, I’m happy and satisfied.” With "West of the Tracks", I never felt great satisfaction when I was done. The hard truth is that for me it’s very hard to actually get a feeling of relief and satisfaction from completing a film.”

Biography

Wang Bing (Chinese: 王兵; pinyin: Wáng Bìng) (born 1967 in Shaanxi) is a Chinese director, often referred to as one of the foremost figures in documentary film-making. Wang is the founder of his own production company, Wang Bing Studios, which produces most of his films. Wang’s 9 hour epic documentary of industrial China, Tie Xi Qu was considered a major success. Tie Xi Qu went on to win the Grand Prix at the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film and was shown for the first time in Spain at the Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival. Wang’s film, Fengming, a Chinese Memoir, premiered at both Cannes and Toronto in 2007. More recently Crude Oil premiered at the 2008 Rotterdam Film Festival. —Wikipedia

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chanandre

28Oct12

just saw Three Sisters...still shaking...

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Zachary W

3Sep12

Is there anybody who can point me to a torrent, stream or really anything of Wang Bing's? I'm most anxious to see Tie Xi Qu, but I'd settle for any of his work.

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Arsaib

1Oct12

Any luck?
Zachary W

12Oct12

Well, I now know that you can order Tie Xi Qu from Germany for like 40 euros. But I did see Three Sisters at the Vancouver International Film Festival, which was pretty incredible.
Arsaib

13Oct12

'Tie Xi Qu' was available in its entirety on YT for quite some time, but alas... I'm certainly looking forward to Wang's latest.
liside

11Nov12

if you manage to get an invitation by someone on karagarga there's all his stuff :)
Anne so

2Jan13

http://www.capricci.fr/editions.php?id_edition=520&type=6 - this is a beginning :)

uzak

20Sep10

The Ditch was incredible.

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sharunasbresson

14Sep10

The surprise Film at Venice Film Festival happened to be the first fiction by Wang Bing.English title is The ditch. What a great movie! I was afraid Wang Bing would loose all his unaffected and subtle "regard" in the transition from documentary to fiction but I was mistaken. The film is great without showing. It is a sure, straight path through the slow resignation to death of his characters. And there are no protagonist so that humanity is the real character portrayed here. Prepare to watch the most incredible use of darkness on screen i've seen in ages. At the same time I'm reaslly impress by the complete absence of all the rethoric of realism. He is a true metteur en scene.

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