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An Elephant Sitting Still
The late Hu Bo’s first and final feature film, An Elephant Sitting Still combines long-take heroics with a deeply felt series of interwoven stories concerning characters young and old, joined by a shared longing to escape their suffocating lives. After assaulting a classmate in self-defense, Bu flees from his victim’s brother, a mopey gangster himself reeling from the death of a friend. Bo captures their desperate cat-and-mouse with tight, patient tracking shots, giving the film an uncommon immediacy, even as it sprawls to include a handful of similarly gritty tales of false starts and dead ends. Epic at 230 minutes, yet deeply intimate in its proximity to its central characters.
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Past Screenings
Sun Apr 1 18
Museum of Modern ArtSun Apr 8 18
Film at Lincoln CenterNew Directors/New Films 2018
An Elephant Sitting StillHu Bo2018234 minNorth American premiere6:00pm6:30pmFri Mar 8 19
Film at Lincoln CenterAn Elephant Sitting StillHu Bo2018234 min* Introduction and Q&A with actor Zhang Yu and pre-screening reception2:00pm6:30pm*Sat Mar 9 19
Film at Lincoln CenterSun Mar 10 19
Film at Lincoln CenterMon Mar 11 19
Film at Lincoln CenterAn Elephant Sitting StillHu Bo2018234 min2:00pm6:30pmTue Mar 12 19
Film at Lincoln CenterAn Elephant Sitting StillHu Bo2018234 min2:00pm6:30pmWed Mar 13 19
Film at Lincoln CenterAn Elephant Sitting StillHu Bo2018234 min2:00pm6:30pmThu Mar 14 19
Film at Lincoln CenterAn Elephant Sitting StillHu Bo2018234 min2:00pm6:30pmFri Mar 15 19
Film at Lincoln CenterAn Elephant Sitting StillHu Bo2018234 min2:00pm6:30pmFri Mar 15 19
Quad CinemaSat Mar 16 19
Film at Lincoln CenterAn Elephant Sitting StillHu Bo2018234 min2:00pm6:30pmSat Mar 16 19
Quad CinemaSun Mar 17 19
Film at Lincoln CenterAn Elephant Sitting StillHu Bo2018234 min2:00pm6:30pmSun Mar 17 19
Quad CinemaMon Mar 18 19
Film at Lincoln CenterAn Elephant Sitting StillHu Bo2018234 min2:00pm6:30pmMon Mar 18 19
Quad CinemaTue Mar 19 19
Film at Lincoln CenterAn Elephant Sitting StillHu Bo2018234 min2:00pmTue Mar 19 19
Quad CinemaWed Mar 20 19
Film at Lincoln CenterAn Elephant Sitting StillHu Bo2018234 min2:00pm6:30pmWed Mar 20 19
Quad CinemaThu Mar 21 19
Film at Lincoln CenterAn Elephant Sitting StillHu Bo2018234 min2:00pmThu Mar 21 19
Quad CinemaSat Jul 20 19
BAMMon Jul 22 19
BAMSat Oct 19 19
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