Wen Pulin — Director (6)
The Sacred Site for Asceticism (1993) [Movie] TMDB
青朴—苦修者的圣地
director: 段锦川 / Wen Pulin
other title: 青朴—苦修者的圣地
Qingpu is a famous sacred mountain in Tibet, where countless monks have practiced for thousands of years. In 1989, Wen Pulin and Duan Jinchuan followed several monks up the mountain and took video of them. After three years, they revisited the same people and got a little closer to understanding their lives. As an in-depth dialogue with down-to-earth, rural people in Tibet, the film strives to understand Buddhism both as a philosophy, but also as a personal choice of lifestyle, as a transcendence of the chaos of life.
Sun 100 (1993) [Movie] TMDB
太阳100
director: Wen Pulin
other title: 太阳100
In 1993, on the 100th anniversary of Mao Zedong’s birth, Wen Pulin mobilized the “Sun 100” series of artistic activities, staging programs at official institutions featuring avant-garde artists in Mao’s hometown, Shaoshan. The film "Sun 100" was intended to be a document of that work, representing the country and the nation thinking about a specific quandary: What is the spiritual heritage that's been left behind by Mao Zedong, if there is any at all? Wen planned for the film to show at the 1994 Hong Kong Film Festival, but withdrew it, and has never finished it, stating that his own views on Mao have shifted. 17 discs worth of footage (roughly 28 hours) from the unfinished film are included in the Wen Pulin Avant-Garde Art Archive held at Cornell University in the U.S.
Karmapa Bless You (1995) [Movie] TMDB
噶玛巴钦
director: Wen Pulin
other title: 噶玛巴钦
A documentary on the XVII Karmapa of Tibet. The film also presents the spiritual life of Tibetan Buddhists in the 1990s through interviews.
The Great Earthquake (1988) [Movie] Douban
The Great Earthquake
director: Yue Jiang / 温普林 actor: Zhang Mingwei
other title: 大地震 / Da Dizhen
On the Tomb Sweeping Day in 1987, a film crew set out for the monument of the Tangshan earthquake to shoot a memorial ceremony for the victims of the earthquake. This marked the beginning of the documentary film "The Great Earthquake". The artists, like Shaman sorcerers, were capable of foreseeing that, what had been dormant in the universe was to be awoken. And the rock and roll music on the Great Wall that night became a coming-of-age ceremony for the youths that were present and some even called it the "Chinese Woodstock".
Action in China (1999) [Movie] Douban
Action in China
director: 温普林 actor: Concept 21 / Mao Anlong
other title: 中国行动
上个世纪80年代的思想解放运动给中国的前卫艺术带来前所未有的活力,也拓展了艺术家们自由表达的空间。本片是温普林先生历时十几年,以北京为中心,辐射全国,跟踪拍摄的最为全面地反映中国当代艺术进程的纪录影片。这是一部线索清晰的当代艺术影像史,也是一部泛文化跨领域的纪录影片,其中对于戏剧、现代舞蹈、摇滚乐、当代艺术等多角度的记录折射出时代的变迁和文化艺术的发展历程,成为研究80、90年代中国文化艺术最为重要的史料。影片真实详尽地记录了行为艺术在中国的发生、变化及其对当代艺术的冲击,同时展现了艺术家不断探索全新的艺术表达方式及对于自身的反思,其中大量珍贵的画面已经成为中国当代艺术史上的经典瞬间……
Seven Sins: The Seven Performances in China Avant-Garde Exhibition (2009) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb
七宗罪——中国现代艺术展上的七个行为艺术
8.9 (14 ratings) director: Wen Pulin actor: 现代艺术家们
other title: 七宗罪——中国现代艺术展上的七个行为艺术 / 中国89年现代艺术大展(七宗罪)
In 1989, a group of avant-garde artists who had collaborated in private for years received permission to organize their own exhibition at the National Art Museum of China. However, one of the terms was to exclude performance artists from participating. The seven artists who were left out took action. At the opening ceremony, their lives changed as the sounds of gunfire rang out.