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THE GO MASTER Series: The 44th New York Film Festival [Sept 29 - Oct 15 2006] Director: Tian Zhuangzhuang, Country: China/Japan, Release: 2006, Runtime: 104 Few filmmakers today make movies as visually elegant and spiritually refined as Tian Zhuangzhuang (Springtime in a Small Town NYFF ‘02). This time the renegade Fifth Generation Chinese director has surpassed himself with an exquisite feature based on the life of Wu Qingyuan, the most renowned modern master of “go”. A Chinese prodigy who became the undisputed master of this Japanese board game, Wu is torn by the increasingly bellicose relations between the two countries. Remaining in Japan despite the outbreak of war, and later sucked into a religious cult which tries to exploit his celebrity, Wu (beautifully played by Chang Chen) is the still center of the storm, following his own inner notions of integrity and loyalty to the discipline of his chosen vocation. This perceptive portrait of a man who maintains his own spiritual counsel is as moving as the cinematography and the lighting are ravishing. preceded by THE DAY I DIED / EL DIA QUE MORI Maryam Keshavarz, Argentina/USA, 2005, 15 minutes In this languid landscape, a girl is gutted by the budding relationship between her brother and best friend. Screening at Alice Tully Hall, north side of 65th Street west of Broadway.

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