Ulrike Ottinger: Exile Shanghai
Ulrike Ottinger: Exile Shanghai
Ulrike Ottinger: Exile Shanghai
“Deliriously sumptuous and transgressive…”
—The Village Voice
“Combines an outlaw’s spirit and an ethnographer’s eye with an artist’s sense of wonder.” —The Village Voice
“A massive, intimate, epic, and mundane journey.”
—Metrograph
“Exile Shanghai exploits the cinema's potential to represent both perceptual reality and the imaginative oneiric aspects of subjectivity.” —CineAction
“A monument to the Jews who built a society for themselves in Shanghai...” —Vancouver International Film Festival
VIRTUAL EVENT
During “her long and splendid career” (New Yorker) spanning nearly five decades, legendary German auteur Ulrike Ottinger has run the gamut from flamboyant, cutting-edge fictions (Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press, 1984) to groundbreaking documentaries, such as Taiga (1992) or Exile Shanghai (1997, 280 min.). Shot by Ottinger herself, the film conjures memories of Jewish immigrant lives in Shanghai—from Sephardim in the mid-19th century, to Russian emigrés escaping pogroms, to Europeans fleeing the Shoah. Unexpected versions of utopias emerged—such as the existence of a queer scene or the opening of Viennese-style pastry shops in the ghetto where the community was confined during the Japanese occupation. Ottinger composes a fascinating mosaic by interweaving interviews with six expatriates, rare archival material (visual and musical) and meditative, long takes searching the cosmopolitan city for traces of synagogues, schools and salons.
The film is in five parts and will be presented with a 30-minute intermission at 7:00 PM after the second part. Screening will resume at 7:30 PM and will be followed by a Q&A with Ulrike Ottinger.
WATCH
Available September 19, 2020 to ticket holders with a password.
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4:30 PM
Introduction by Bérénice Reynaud
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4:30 PM
Screening
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10:00 PM
Q&A with Ulrike Ottinger, moderated by Bérénice Reynaud
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Curated by Bérénice Reynaud as part of the Jack H. Skirball Series. Funded in part by the Ostrovsky Family Fund, with special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Associated Images:
| Date/Time | G | M/ST | CA |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAT 9/19 4:30 pm | $10 | $8 | $5 |
THIS IS A VIRTUAL EVENT LIMITED TO THE U.S. A ticket purchase includes online streaming access to the film as well as the ability to participate in the live Q&A afterwards. Streaming will expire on September 22nd at 4:30pm.
G - General Audience
M - REDCAT Members
ST - Students
CA - CalArts Students/Faculty/Staff
