The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink

The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink (1989)


  • Genre: Romance, Documentary
  • Release Date: 1989-01-01
  • Runtime: 1h 5min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Contemporary Art Foundation
  • Production Country: United Kingdom, China
  • Director: Murray Grigor

Summary

In the twilight years of the Cultural Revolution, a Chinese filmmaker slowly becoming blind tours the country screening her last film to peasants. In it, the woman imagines two "alien" lovers walking from end-to-end along the Great Wall to join each other in the middle, one last time. This documentary is an adaptation of Ulay and Marina Abramovic's final collaborative project, the 1988 performance "The Lovers: The Great Wall Walk."

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  • Marina Abramović

    as Herself
  • Ulay

    as Himself
  • Bao Xing

    as Calligrapher
  • Sedar Chazam

    as Voice
  • Wu Xiao Ming

    as Voice
Sound Becky Thomson Sound
Visual Effects Donald Holwill Animation
Writing Ulay Writer
Camera Liang Yun Sheng Grip
Production Eduardo Lipschutz-Villa Producer
Production Zhang Liang-bin Production Manager
Directing Murray Grigor Director
Camera Paul Herley Camera Operator
Sound Mei Hong Fu Music
Camera Douglas Campbell Camera Supervisor
Production Barbara Grigor Producer
Writing Murray Grigor Writer
Sound David McNiven Music
Editing Berny McGurk Assistant Editor
Editing Brian Vincent Assistant Editor
Writing Marina Abramović Writer
Visual Effects Alan Mason Animation

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