The Dream of Red Mansions (1927)
- Directed by
- Pengnian Ren
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Republic of China
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.
How it feels
A silent film adaptation of a classic novel told from a grandmother's point of view. It uses a dream framing device and runs for about four hours.
silentdreamlikeepisodicfragmentarynostalgicplayful
What happens
The Dream of Red Mansions (simplified Chinese: 红楼梦; traditional Chinese: 紅樓夢; pinyin: Hónglóumèng) is a 1927 silent film adaptation of the novel by Cao Xueqin. It was directed by Ren Pengnian and Yu Boyan. It stars comedy actor Zhou Kongkong as Grandmother Jia. The film is told from Grandmother Jia's perspective, and uses the "all just a dream" trope. It was cut into two parts, with a duration of roughly four hours. It is one of the earliest known film adaptations of the novel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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