Politics and Covid-19 have been intertwined ever since the novel coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China a year ago. But when director Hao Wu made 76 Days, his harrowing film documenting hospital workers and Covid patients in Wuhan as the city went through lockdown, he left political questions aside.
“It’s Just Human Emotions”: Director Hao Wu On Drama Of Oscar-Contending Covid Doc ’76 Days’
25.12.2020 - 20:44 / deadline.com
The Oscar-contending documentary 76 Days, set in hospitals in Wuhan, China as the city endured lockdown after the eruption of Covid-19, is cinéma vérité par excellence. No sit-down interviews, no TV news reports spliced in—just the pure visual drama of medical workers and patients ensnared in an unprecedented crisis.
“In the early days of edit…we were still thinking about putting some news clips or some social media videos around the scenes to give the film a little bit more context of what’s
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Foreign Films Account for Just 16% of Total China Box Office, Worth $3 Billion in 2020
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Guan Hu, Director of 2020’s Highest Grossing Film, Starts New Production as China Lines Up July Releases
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Netflix Acquires Chinese Fantasy Film 'The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity'
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