Project Detail

Trailers

Synopsis

This film piece samples the title sequences, trailers, theme songs and publicity shots for some twenty adaptations of Jin Yong's mid-century wuxia classic, 'The Condor Trilogy', produced over nearly four decades, along with contemporary Google street views of suburban Britain, interweaving mundane and mythical landscapes with fantasies of fight and flight.

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
4 mins
Format
Digital
Director
Susan Pui San Lok
Producer
Susan Pui San Lok
Editor
Susan Pui San Lok; Assistant Editor: Honza Topinka
Sound
Susan Pui San Lok
Commissioned by
Derby QUAD, CFCCA (Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art); Partners: Animate Projects, University of Salford; Funder: Arts Council England

Production Status

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