Short film
Eat, Drink and Be Merry
2003 · 27 min
A loose, defiantly casual hangout with friends under a looming epidemic, mixing unease with wry bohemian indifference.
- Directed by
- Ai Weiwei
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- In 2003, the infectious disease SARS quickly spread across China, causing widespread panic. At the peak of the hysteria accompanying the mysterious epidemic, Ai Weiwei and his brother Ai Dan made a short film together, Ai Weiwei’s first. The film depicts the defiantly carefree attitude of their bohemian group of friends against the ominous backdrop of the SARS outbreak.
- How it feels
- Cynical, melancholic, absurd and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Isolation, friendship, death, freedom
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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