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One thousand plateaus: The Bright Volcanos

Cong Feng

Release year: 2021

Run time: 15mins

Film type: experimental film

Synopsis

In 2020, "shouting from buildings" entered people's field of vision. While the term initially suggests people shouting within buildings, visually, "building shouting" seems more appropriate. In certain videos of this short film, the local Wuhan accent shouting "Wuhan jiayou" (a phrase meaning "Keep fighting, Wuhan") sounds like "wu han jiayou," which translates to "building shout jiayou." This interpretation aligns more closely with reality: it's not people shouting, but the buildings, the rooms themselves, shouting, as the earth trembles and pulsates.

 

Director biography

CONG Feng, born in Chengde in 1972, is a filmmaker and writer, and serves on the editorial board of Film Auteur. He has previously worked at the National Satellite Meteorology Centre of China and as cultural editor for The International Herald Leader. His major films include Stratum I: The Visitors (2013), Stratum II: Asthenosphere (2021), and Another Part of the World: Ghosts and Their After-Images (2024), among others. His most recent publication is a poetry collection titled So-Called History (2025).