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- Hu Bo (Chinese: 胡波; 20 July 1988 – 12 October 2017), also known by his pen name Hu Qian (Chinese: 胡遷), was a Chinese novelist and film director, best known for his only feature film An Elephant Sitting Still (2018), which garnered widespread praise from critics.
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Hu Bo (Chinese: 胡波; 20 July 1988 – 12 October 2017), also known by his pen name Hu Qian (Chinese: 胡遷), was a Chinese novelist and film director, best known for his only feature film An Elephant Sitting Still (2018), which garnered widespread praise from critics. He died by suicide on 12 October 2017 at the age of 29, soon after he ...
Mar 8, 2019 · 29-year-old filmmaker Hu Bo killed himself after finishing his debut, but the four-hour masterpiece he left behind will resonate for ages. By David Ehrlich. March 8, 2019 12:58 pm. "An Elephant...
An Elephant Sitting Still ( Chinese: 大象席地而坐; pinyin: Dà Xiàng Xídì Érzuò) is a 2018 Chinese drama film written, directed and edited by Hu Bo. The first and only feature film by the novelist-turned-director Hu, who died by suicide soon after finishing his film on 12 October 2017 at the age of 29, it is based on a story with the ...
Mar 6, 2019 · The Front Row. “An Elephant Sitting Still,” Reviewed: A Young Chinese Filmmaker’s Masterly Portrait of Political and Intimate Despair. By Richard Brody. March 6, 2019. Hu Bo, the director of...
Apr 6, 2018 · An Elephant Sitting Still (2018) is tainted by death. Director Hu Bo, also an esteemed novelist, killed himself at just 29 years old in October, after prolonged arguments with the film’s producers regarding creative control, making this disconsolate, four-hour opus his feature-length debut, as well as his swan song.
Mar 8, 2019 · Hu Bo creates this really dark dynamic which I think is remarkable. Filmmaker: I thought it was interesting how Hu Bo’s using familiar characters — a bullied student, a girl in trouble, a low-level gangster who’s got to keep face — and letting their stories unfold in what feels like real time. He’s stripped away all the tricks and ...
Dec 22, 2018 · In a late entrant for contention as a possible film of the year, Hu Bo’s An Elephant Sitting Still draws its audience into a world of pain over four brilliantly captured hours of cinema. On October 8th 2017, the director and novelist Hu Bo met a friend for a drink in the Wangjing subdistrict of Beijing. The two talked and drank all night and ...
