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The Resource Frozen, Another Film Company (Amsterdam) & Shu Kei's Creative Workshop, Ltd. (Hong Kong), in cooperation with the Hubert Bals Foundation (Rotterdam) present a film by Wu Ming ; screenplay, Pang Ming, Wu Ming ; producers, Xu Wei, Shu Kei ; director, Wu Ming

Frozen, Another Film Company (Amsterdam) & Shu Kei's Creative Workshop, Ltd. (Hong Kong), in cooperation with the Hubert Bals Foundation (Rotterdam) present a film by Wu Ming ; screenplay, Pang Ming, Wu Ming ; producers, Xu Wei, Shu Kei ; director, Wu Ming

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Summary
"[Provides] a rare look at the avant-garde art world of modern Beijing. A young performance artist decides to make his own suicide his last work of art. On the longest day of the year, he plans to melt a huge block of ice with his own body heat and [die] of hypothermia. He calls this act of defiance an "ice burial." Frozen is based on a true story according to the filmmaker, who must hide behind the pseudonym Wu Ming, or "No Name"--Container
Language
  • chi
  • eng
  • chi
  • chi
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Note
  • Originally produced as a feature film in 1996
  • Special feature: director's filmography
Isbn
9781572527850
Instance
Label
Frozen
Title
Frozen
Statement of responsibility
Another Film Company (Amsterdam) & Shu Kei's Creative Workshop, Ltd. (Hong Kong), in cooperation with the Hubert Bals Foundation (Rotterdam) present a film by Wu Ming ; screenplay, Pang Ming, Wu Ming ; producers, Xu Wei, Shu Kei ; director, Wu Ming
Title variation
Jidu hanleng
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • chi
  • eng
  • chi
  • chi
Summary
"[Provides] a rare look at the avant-garde art world of modern Beijing. A young performance artist decides to make his own suicide his last work of art. On the longest day of the year, he plans to melt a huge block of ice with his own body heat and [die] of hypothermia. He calls this act of defiance an "ice burial." Frozen is based on a true story according to the filmmaker, who must hide behind the pseudonym Wu Ming, or "No Name"--Container
Cataloging source
RRR
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Yang Shu ; editor, Qingqing ; original music, Roeland Dol
Language note
Mandarin with English subtitles
PerformerNote
Jia Hongshen, Ma Xiaoqing
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1966-
  • 1976-
  • -2010
  • 1968-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Wu, Ming
  • Pang, Ming
  • Xu, Wei
  • Shu, Qi
  • Jia, Hongshen
  • Ma, Xiaoqing
  • Dol, Roeland
  • Another Film Company (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  • Shu Kei's Creative Workshop
  • Hubert Bals Fund
  • Fox Lorber Films
  • WinStar TV and Video (Firm)
Runtime
95
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Performance artists
  • Performance art
  • Art and state
  • Suicide
  • Art and state
  • Performance art
  • Performance artists
  • Social history
  • Suicide
  • China
  • China
Technique
live action
Label
Frozen, Another Film Company (Amsterdam) & Shu Kei's Creative Workshop, Ltd. (Hong Kong), in cooperation with the Hubert Bals Foundation (Rotterdam) present a film by Wu Ming ; screenplay, Pang Ming, Wu Ming ; producers, Xu Wei, Shu Kei ; director, Wu Ming
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a feature film in 1996
  • Special feature: director's filmography
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
43639276
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Isbn
9781572527850
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Colby: No Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use only
Other control number
720917520025
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
FLV 5200
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)43639276
System details
DVD, NTSC
Terms governing use
Bates: No public performance rights purchased; home, library, or classroom use only
Video recording format
laserdisc
Label
Frozen, Another Film Company (Amsterdam) & Shu Kei's Creative Workshop, Ltd. (Hong Kong), in cooperation with the Hubert Bals Foundation (Rotterdam) present a film by Wu Ming ; screenplay, Pang Ming, Wu Ming ; producers, Xu Wei, Shu Kei ; director, Wu Ming
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a feature film in 1996
  • Special feature: director's filmography
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
43639276
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Isbn
9781572527850
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Colby: No Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use only
Other control number
720917520025
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
FLV 5200
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)43639276
System details
DVD, NTSC
Terms governing use
Bates: No public performance rights purchased; home, library, or classroom use only
Video recording format
laserdisc

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