How Yukong Moved the Mountains (1976)
- Original title
- Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes
- Directed by
- Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Joris Ivens
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- France
- Length
- 1 season, 12 episodes
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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 series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This series of twelve documentary films records life in China during the Cultural Revolution. It focuses on ordinary people and their daily routines.
observationalpatientreflectivehistoricalquotidiandidacticdetailedsobering
What happens
How Yukong Moved the Mountains (French: Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes) is a series of 12 documentary films directed by Marceline Loridan-Ivens and Joris Ivens about the Cultural Revolution. Ivens and his partner Loridan worked on the film between 1972 and 1974, and it was finally released in France in 1976. The film's title refers to Yugong Yishan, an ancient fable about the virtues of perseverance and willpower. At 763 minutes, it is one of the longest theatrical films by running time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Chantons sous l'Occupation (1976)
Bhoutan : un petit pays possédé du ciel (1976)
Sex O'Clock USA (1976)
Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication (1976)
Ce gamin, là (1976)
La ville est à nous (1976)
La Pharmacie nr. 3: Shanghai (1976)
La Vie de Marianne (1976)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.