Journey to the West
- Ming-liang / FR, TW, 2014 / 56 min.
A Buddhist monk walks through Marseilles barefoot and at an incredibly slow pace – so slow he doesn’t seem to be moving. A hushed film in fourteen shots chronicling the pilgrimages of the Chinese monk Xuanzang.
Eye screens all films by the Taiwanese filmmaker to accompany Tsai”s VR project The Deserted.
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Director
- Ming-liang
Production year
2014
Country
FR, TW
Original title
Xi You
Length
56 min.
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
Tsai Ming-liang
Eye Filmmuseum presents a retrospective of all of the Taiwanese master’s films to accompany Tsai Ming-liang’s first VR production The Deserted, from Rebels of the Neon God (1992) to Your Face (2018).
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