A Poet from the Sea (1927)

Original title

海角詩人

Directed by

Hou Yao

Genre

silent film

Country

Republic of China

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A quixotic poet tries to escape the constraints of modern society in this silent film from 1927. The movie was directed by and stars Hou Yao, and was filmed in Stanley, Hong Kong.

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What happens

A Poet from the Sea is a 1927 Chinese silent film written and directed by Hou Yao, starring himself as a quixotic poet who tried to escape from the constraints of modernity. Filmed in Stanley, Hong Kong, it contains one of the earliest footages of Hong Kong. Like most Chinese silent films, it features both Chinese and English intertitles. A fragment of the film was recovered in Europe and is currently stored in Italy's Cineteca di Bologna. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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