Lantern Festival Film Screening: I.M. Pei — Building China
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When:
| Sat 4 Feb ’12, 1:00pm–2:00pm |
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Where: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Cnr Kitchener and Wellesley Streets, Auckland CBD Show map
Restrictions: All Ages
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- Admission: Free
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This isn't your run-of-the-mill biopic. Instead, the film follows world-renowned architect Pei as he travels to his ancestral home in China after seven decades of living in the West and tries to introduce modernist ideas while preserving the country's heritage. For an architect in his twilight years, it's a challenge that leads to self reflection and personal discoveries - and inevitably, he enters a crucible of conflict.
The film took eight years to make as it follows Pei on his mission to internally integrate his Chinese heritage with his modern vision. He makes this manifest as a stunning museum that has at its heart a uniquely re-conceived Chinese garden that symbolises the surprising twists and turns that his own life has taken.
'It is my biggest challenge,' says the 93 year-old architect who is best known for redesigning the Louvre in Paris. 'It is probably also my last challenge.'
China/USA 2010 / 59min. / English, Chinese with English subtitles.
Director Anne Makepeace.
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