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Wenchuan Rebar

2013 · 19 min

A quiet, patient look at craft and remembrance, watching material be shaped while grief and politics linger just beneath the surface.

Overview
A short documentary about the making of "Straight" and "Forge" (2008-2012).

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • grief
  • memory
  • death
  • corruption
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Ai Weiwei
Runtime
19 min
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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