France / UK / West Germany / Netherlands,
1988, 80 min
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A film crew headed by a veteran director (Joris Ivens) travels to China's Gobi desert in this symbolic documentary-styled fantasy. While the crew waits for the wind to kick up, weather reports tell of tidal waves every place but China. The director is hospitalized after a fall from his chair and has dreams he is part of the Melies film A Trip To The Moon. (official distributor synopsis)
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I can't help but feel that Joris Ivens made a film at the end of his long and incredibly fruitful life that somehow serves as a tribute to himself, his work, and life itself. It's playing with film and scenes, but it doesn't really bring me a stronger experience. Just an old man's game.
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