{"product_id":"814456026671","title":"New Old Play (Blu-ray)","description":"\u003cp\u003eQiu Fu, the most renowned clown of Sichuan opera, has reached the netherworld. Welcomed by Ox-Head and Horse-Face, shepherds of the dead, he recounts his life with the “New-New” opera troupe before his turn at the Bridge of Forgetfulness. Starting in the 1920s, Qiu’s tale melds with China’s tumultuous century into the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Great Leap Forward, and other socio-political revolutions. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by his own grandfather’s life, Qiu Jiongjiong’s A New Old Play is a sumptuous intermingling of personal and national history. It transforms China’s many pivots into a vaudevillian theater of its own, culminating in a spiritual rumination on the passage of time and the role of the artist forced to weather the storm of history. Drawing from his background as a visual artist, Qiu arrives at a masterful, painterly style: flowing tableaux, carefully art-directed sets and ingenious hand-made miniatures bringing the act of remembrance into a delightful, phantasmagorical realm.★ Short Film ”Ode to Joy” (2008, 31MINS) \n\u003cbr\u003e★ Making of (2021, 19MINS) \n\u003cbr\u003e★ Booklet Including Behind-the-Scene Photos, Storyboards, and Interview with Director \n\u003cbr\u003e★ Optional English Subtitles \n\u003cbr\u003e★ Optional Chinese Subtitles\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cinema 1 Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44872560476239,"sku":"814456026671","price":41.97,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/2787\/5407\/files\/c_2_5d4e2a8a-6220-4f17-9109-824afadeedfe.jpg?v=1773778608","url":"https:\/\/cinema1.ca\/products\/814456026671","provider":"Cinema 1 Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}