Song Dong and his partner Yin Xiuzhen (whose photographic, sound and installation work Beijing Opera 2000 is in the Gallery’s collection) were pioneers of China’s avant-garde art in the late 20th century. Burning Mirror presents scenes of everyday life in Beijing reflected in mirrored plastic. The images quiver and then blacken and melt away as the reflective sheet is set alight and small flames become an engulfing fire. Passers-by are shown paying little attention to the blazing performance. Song Dong has often worked with fire and mirrors, capturing moments of reflection, destruction and restoration in powerfully understated performances involving everyday objects and locations.
A 2001 Japanese language film directed by Shinji Aoyama, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima. The film screened at Locarno International Film Festival in 2009.
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator.
This documentary begins with the story of the prelude to World War II, and goes on to analyze such events as the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, rise of the dictators, the spread of fascism in Italy, the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, the Spanish Civil War, the Munich Agreement, Hitler's March into Czechoslovakia, the Blitzkrieg and invasion of Poland, the fall of Norway, and more.
Carol Morley tracks down her old friend Catherine Corcoran and returns to India where they once travelled as teenagers, in this playfully autobiographical short.
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Produced exclusively for the Disney-MGM Studios in 2001 for the 100 Years Of Magic celebration, this short film was shown at the end of the park's "One Man's Dream" exhibit attraction.
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