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The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink

The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink (1989)

0 | 01 Jan 1989 | Romance Documentary

In the twilight years of the Cultural Revolution, a Chinese filmmaker slowly becoming blind tours the country screening her last film to peasants. In it, the woman imagines two "alien" lovers walking from end-to-end along the Great Wall to join each other in the middle, one last time. This documentary is an adaptation of Ulay and Marina Abramovic's final collaborative project, the 1988 performance "The Lovers: The Great Wall Walk."

Featured Crew

Becky Thomson Sound
Marina Abramović Writer
Ulay Writer
Murray Grigor Writer
David McNiven Music
Mei Hong Fu Music
Donald Holwill Animation
Alan Mason Animation
Brian Vincent Assistant Editor
Berny McGurk Assistant Editor

The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink (1989) Cast & Crew

Ulay
Ulay
Himself
Bao Xing
Bao Xing
Calligrapher

The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink (1989) Images

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