Human eye vs dragonfly eye by samiha shibly on prezi. In china, a country with strict film censorship, an estimated 200 million such cameras have been installed to capture life unfiltered. Its shot in black and white and that adds to the overall moodiness of it, and that was what initially drew me in. A dragonflys capacity for rapid darting and precision hovering is of great interest to designers of microair vehicles, and the research were doing is in part supported by the us air force. Dragonflies and bees have the largest compound eyes of any insect, each containing up to 30,000 facets, or ommatidia house flies have 6,000. Dragonfly has small antenna which are hardly be noticed. Dragonfly soundtrack from 2002, composed by john debney. In 1977 he entered the printmaking department of the central academy of fine arts cafa, beijing, where he completed his bachelors degree in 1981. Celebrated chinese artist xu bing turns his mind to cinema in dragonfly eyes, loading his 79minute film with thoughts, sounds and images gleaned entirely from. Dragonfly 2002 c sdg dragonfly is a ghost story of sorts, but it isnt a horror film though it occasionally thinks it is. Dragonfly eyes disappoints with its unsatisfying combination of an. Thousands of new, highquality pictures added every day. Each of us is captured on surveillance cameras, on average, 300 times a day. Aerial videophotography dragonfly films utilizes the most sophisticated and uptodate aerial camera platforms.
As head of emergency services for chicago memorial hospital, dr. Released february 22nd, 2002, dragonfly stars kevin costner, joe morton, ron rifkin, linda hunt the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a score of 25 out of 100 on. Dragonfly eyes major chinese artist xu bing had 10,000 hours of surveillance videos edited down to 81 minutes and turned them into a melodramatic story meant to be a commentary. Dragonfly eyes is conceptual art come to film, forcing the viewer into its train of thought, pushing a perpetually reflective mosaic mirror of self. Aug 15, 2017 the mindblowing debut feature of renowned chinese artist xu bing is a fictional feature created entirely from surveillancecamera recordings, about a young. World premiere in locarno film festival international competition a film by xu bing writing by zhai yongming and zhang hanyi edited by matthieu laclau and zhang dragonfly eyes trailer on vimeo join. This film is made entirely with surveillance footage.
It moved a bit too quickly for me at first, but then it settled into the plot which i wont give away and i. The hong kong international film festival society hkiffs is a charitable, nonprofit and nongover. Dragonfly is a 2002 supernatural fantasy film directed by tom shadyac and starring kevin costner. Dragonfly films taking your film production to the highest level. The story was original and the movie was well acted. The photography was good and it certainly had its artistic moments. The society is committed to making world cinema accessible and affordable to the public. Ive wanted to make a film from surveillance footage since 20, but i.
Video, surveillance camera footage taken from public livestreaming websites. As the first feature of xu bing, dragonfly eyes is not only a narrative film but an artistic exploration of the audiovisual language. Dragonfly eyes trailer constructs a narrative from seemingly unrelated fragments of reality to reveal what cannot be seen by the naked eye. The story line was incredibly predictable though it was touted as being ohso suspenseful, the writing stunk, the acting was mediocre, and to top it all off, theres the ridiculously unbiblical concept of the afterlife that permeates the whole thing. The dragonfly brings dreams to reality and is a messenger of wisdom and enlightenment from other realms. A doctor herself, emily darrow susanna thompson was on a medical mercy mission when she. Relaxing harp music peaceful birds sounds, stress relief music forest light duration. Qing ting zhi yan dragonfly eyes does not have a uk release date yet. But his professional knowledge provides little comfort when tragedy claims the life of his wife. Dragonfly eyes see the world in ultramulticolour new.
Dragonfly eyes directed by xu bing excerpt 1 en on vimeo. Dragonfly eyes hong kong international film festival. One of chinas greatest contemporary artists, xu bing, has made an extraordinary experimentalnarrative first film. We take to the skies and capture the beauty of a whole new perspective. I found this guy on a mushroom walk when we crossed a power line clearing that had a slow stream running through it. The first feature film by the celebrated chinese artist xu bing, constructed entirely from footage of surveillance cameras and livestreaming sites in china into a. Each facet points in a slightly different direction and creates its own image, and the dragonflys brain compiles these thousands of images into one picture. Few images come closer to reality than those recorded by surveillance cameras. Watch online and download dragonfly eyes with english sub in high quality. Mar 19, 2002 dragonfly soundtrack from 2002, composed by john debney. Let take a closer look to the dragonfly s thorax and head, it has a pair of large compound eyes which covered most of its head. Andrew tieman is very talented and his effort was not wasted on this film. Above all, the film reminds us that even in our most intimate moments we are being watched.
Actual live streams and webcam and cctv footage are stitched together to support a rather eccentric narrative in dragonfly eyes qing ting zhi yan, the directorial debut from chinese artist xu. A doctor herself, emily darrow susanna thompson was on a medical mercy mission when she died in a bus accident on a. Released by varese sarabande in 2002 302 066 338 2 containing music from dragonfly 2002. These allseeing eyes observe a young woman named qing ting her name means dragonfly as she leaves the buddhist temple where she has been training to be a nun and returns to the secular world, taking a job in a highly mechanized dairy farm. It is dreary, it is boring, and worst of all, it is phony. Dec 14, 2011 the first dragonfly was a deltaspotted spiketail. Finding the eerie in the mundane and the uncanny in anonymity, acclaimed visual artist xu bing composites a portrait of real and virtual worlds that is nothing short of breathtaking. Dragonfly eyes naturally curious with mary holland. Dragonfly eyes iffr international film festival rotterdam. Dragonfly subscribed to a channel 1 year ago kizzume channel.
For further information about locarno film festival 2017 visit here. Stabilizing small air vehicles is a really big problem in terms of control and the forces at play on the vehicle. Rent dragonfly 2002 starring kevin costner and susanna thompson on dvd and bluray. A man, recently released from a mental hospital, tries to track down his family. Artist xu bing uses postproduction processing to spruce the footage up, frequently labelling the objects. Thousands of hours of actual surveillance footage are edited into a sensational mystery about a woman in a convent who finds work and fame after she leaves the temple. Dragonfly eyes see the world in ultramulticolour new scientist. Dragonfly is another attempt at creating a new sixth sense, and it falls far short. Fionnuala halligan, screen daily screen daily fionnuala halligan. Differences dragonfly eyes can only focus on distant objects, whereas human eyes can only focus on close objects dragonflies has the ability to see ultraviolet light, that humans cant humans can. The scientists who created this picture found the cells were sensitive to change in the ultraviolet light, which might be one way that dragonflies use light. Later that day i was on a walk looking at the tornado blow down trail after 20 years and a walk participant found a southern pygmy clubtail on one of the walk participants. Celebrated chinese artist xu bing turns his mind to cinema in dragonfly eyes, loading his 79minute film with thoughts, sounds and.
Aug 15, 2017 actual live streams and webcam and cctv footage are stitched together to support a rather eccentric narrative in dragonfly eyes qing ting zhi yan, the directorial debut from chinese artist xu. For many years xu bing has wanted to create a movie exclusively using surveillance cameras. The head is mostly covered by the pair of large compound eye. An adaptation of a 2005 novel by darryl ponicsan, a sequel to his own 1970 the last detail the inspiration for hal ashbys 1973 new hollywood cornerstone, linklaters film catches up with the three former vietnam vet buddies whose names have been changed from the original, unexpectedly reunited when doc steve carell enlists their aid in the grim task of helping to. Sep 19, 2017 one of chinas greatest contemporary artists, xu bing, has made an extraordinary experimentalnarrative first film. Soon, some of the children start to have remarkably similar near. Chinese artist xu bing created dragonfly eyes, a film made entirely. This by turns shocking and poetic, but always fascinating, experiment reflects on our obsessive visual culture. Various formats from 240p 360p 480p hd 720p to fhd 1080p streaming dragonfly eyes in english subtitle.
Chinese artist xu bings directorial debut could be described as the truman show, but in real life. The story is about a grieving doctor being contacted by his late wife through his patients neardeath experience. Human eyes have three opsinsproteins that sense lightgiving us a color range of red, green, and blue one for each opsin. Dragonfly eyes can have four or five opsins, allowing them to perceive the normal color spectrum, along with uv light and the plane of light polarization the effect you get with polarized sunglasses. The image above shows a dragonfly surrounded by a panoramic ultraviolet and green light display designed to stimulate the large interneurons in the retina of the insects middle eye. The mindblowing debut feature of renowned chinese artist xu bing is a fictional feature created entirely from surveillancecamera recordings, about a young. A study of 12 dragonfly species has found that each one has no fewer than 11, and some a whopping 30, different visual. The labrum, mandible and labium form its mouthparts.
A work in progress which will culminate in the first fulllength cinematic feature by renowned chinese artist xu bing. And it completely wastes the talents of two brilliant oscarwinning actresses, kathy bates and linda hunt. Dragonflys eyes dragonfly head is large and concave behind. For 50 years, film at lincoln center has been dedicated to supporting the art and elevating the craft of cinema and enriching film culture. These allseeing eyes observe a young woman named qing ting her name. The dragonfly mouthparts are very good at biting, adapted for predation. With beau bridges, susan sarandon, james noble, harriet rogers. The plot of the film centers on a female protagonist named dragonfly, who. This is the first thing he tells us himself in his qing ting zhi yan dragonfly eyes, thus setting the unavoidable distance from the image we get with surveillance cameras through his own presence in the. He weaves a story of a boy and a girl in modernday china out of security camera footage. It organizes the annual flagship the hong kong international film festival hkiff and the hong kong asia film financing forum haf in march and april. Dragonfly eyes is quietly disturbing, filled with unease and malaise but also rich in poetry. Visual artist xu bings first feature film stitches. It is a film accomplished without the work of a single actor or cameraman, made from authentic surveillance footage scripted and edited into fiction.
Actually, the theme of surveillance cameras has a very long and rich cinematic history. Im sure that in the future that we will see more of his work. Find dragonfly eyes stock images in hd and millions of other royaltyfree stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the shutterstock collection. With nothing but clips of publicly available surveillance and dashcam footage. Joe darrow kevin costner is a respected expert in trauma and triage.
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