Directed by Trinh T. Minh-ha and Jean-Paul Bourdier
Made in homage to Kenji Miyazawa's children's sci-fi classic MILKY WAY RAILROAD, NIGHT PASSAGE is the latest experimental feature from celebrated filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha and artist Jean Paul Bourdier (REASSEMBLAGE, THE FOURTH DIMENSION, A TALE OF LOVE, SHOOT FOR THE CONTENTS, SURNAME VIET GIVEN NAME NAM). This provocative digital tale tells the story of three young friends traveling for a brief moment together on the train between life and death. Their journey into and out of the land of 'awakened dreams' occurs on a long ride on a night train. Ingeniously framed through the train window, filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha and artist Jean Paul Bourdier create whimsical and sensual dreamscapes, which is matched by an equally beautiful and other-worldly music score. Once again, Minh-ha shifts the way she engages with the form and the spirit of the cinema—to challenge and provoke her audience.
Reviews
~ "Trinh Minh-ha consistently challenges her audiences with each new work, constantly shifting the ways in which she critically engages with the form and spirit of cinema." - Irina Leimbacher, San Francisco Cinematheque
~ "Spectacularly shot in video… The netherworld between life and death is viewed as a piece of light, shadow, movement and uncertain ideas in Night Passage… As with Trinh's best work, when language gives way to images, [the film] takes on real force and a majestic sense of the subconscious."- Variety
~ "A tableaux-rich, transcultural essay film…this experimental narrative work continues [Trinh's] knack for consistently unsettling audiences."- Asian American International Film Festival
Notes
~ Women in the Director's Chair, Chicago
~ Visual Communication Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
~ New York Asian American Int'l Film Festival
~ The Busan Art Biennale
~ The Shanghai Art Biennale
~ Senef Film Festival, Seoul, Korea
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