Cao Fei recorded her experiences within the online social platform Second Life. The result is a wistful, surreal vision of an alternative reality sprung from the pop culture fantasies and hyper-consumerism of contemporary urban China, while also trying to transcend its real-life limitations. It can be seen as an answer to the challenge posed by River Elegy: how to envision a new Chinese destiny founded on principles of individuality, creativity, discovery, and freedom. The film also reflects the contemporary condition of the virtual supplanting our experience of the real.
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Cao Fei Director
United States release February 27, 2015 · Produced in China · Languages Chinese, English
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China
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English
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Chinese · English
Release dates
China · June 10, 2007
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United States · February 27, 2015
New York City, New York
Canada
May 5, 2015 · DOXA Documentary Film Festival
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