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Beijing 2003 (2004)

Beijing 2003 poster
Directed by
Ai Weiwei
Genre
documentary film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
150h
Rating
1.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This experimental documentary shows continuous street-level recordings of Beijing in 2003. It presents a long, unedited view of urban daily life as seen by the filmmaker.

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What happens

Beijing 2003 is an experimental documentary film by Chinese contemporary artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei. The film consists of continuous street-level footage recorded throughout Beijing and is notable for its extreme duration and conceptual approach to urban documentation. At 9,000 minutes (150 hours), it is one of the longest films of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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