DOCUMENTARIES
Directed, Shot and Edited by Lori Yang
Work In Progress
FEATURE
Shot by Lori Yang
This Blessed Plot
In the quaint English town of Thaxted, a young Chinese filmmaker sets out to create a masterpiece. But as she delves deeper into the town's history, she realizes that the past is alive and well in the present. Everywhere she turns, ghosts from centuries past haunt her every step.
"The town seems frozen in time, with even the children seeming to have lived for centuries. People's lives have not changed for hundreds of years, and they are no different from the dead. Caught in a world that neither belongs to the past nor the future, the residents of Thaxted simply exist and drift."
This is a unique kind of film - a blend of fiction and documentary. The characters in the movie are real people, but they play a version of themselves that is slightly different from who they are in real life.
The film is an experiment that explores the boundaries between fiction and documentary, memory and reality, imagination and truth. It challenges the viewer to question what they are seeing and to think about how the lines between different aspects of storytelling can become blurred.
Through this unique approach, the film aims to provide a fresh and thought-provoking perspective on the way we tell stories on screen.
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