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A JOURNAL OF CRUDE OIL

Caiyou riji (Crude Oil)

Directed by Wang Bing
China, Netherlands, 2008
Documentary
  • 840840 minutes

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.

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.