Crude Oil

Caiyou riji

Netherlands, China

2008

840 Min

Color

Mandarin

Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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DP Huang Wenhai, Wang Bing, Zhang Yuedong

SOUND He Xiao

Synopsis

A 14-hour video installation that documents a workday at a remote Chinese oil field, from a stolen nap in a break room to the massive drills plunging into the earth.

Director

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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Tristan P. Teshigahara

2May11

how do you see this?

peder

9Jun11

Second that. Anybody know where to get a hold of Wang Bing films?
Gondo

26Jul12

Its not for sale, thats for sure. But there is a torrent out there. Or you get lucky and someone does a retrospective of Bing. Those are the only two options of seeing that film.
peder

26Jul12

Any idea of where to get the torrent?
Leo

4Nov12

http://asiator.net/torrent/23494/ < that's the only torrent I found available. it is probably slow, but at least it's a torrent. (you need to sign up to this site so you can download the torrent for free)