Frozen (1996)
February 1, 1996Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Jia Hongsheng
Qi Lei

Ma Xiaoqing
Shao Yun

Yu Bai
Sister

Geng Li
Sister's Husband

Ye Wei
Long-Haired Guy

Yongning Zhang
Lou Ling

Lixin Qu
Doctor

Liu Jie
Dao Shi

Yefu Bai
Bald Guy

Qingqing
Editor

Roeland Dol
Original Music Composer

Ling Zhai
Sound Recordist

Yanxiu Li
Production Design

Ming Pang
Writer

Shu Kei
Producer

Wang Xiaoshuai
Screenplay / Director
Media.

Details.
Release DateFebruary 1, 1996
Original Name极度寒冷
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Genres
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Frozen (Chinese: 极度寒冷) is a 1997 Chinese film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai. The film was originally shot in 1994, but was banned by Chinese authorities and had to be smuggled out of the country. Moreover, Wang was operating under a blacklisting from the Chinese Film Bureau that was imposed after his previous film, The Days, was screened internationally without government approval. As such, Wang was forced to use the pseudonym "Wu Ming" (literally "Anonymous") while making this film.
The film, supposedly based on a true story, follows a young performance artist, Qi Lei, who attempts to create a masterpiece centred on the theme of death. After two "acts" where he simulates death, he decides that his final act will be a true suicide through hypothermia.
Frozen was originally titled The Great Game (simplified Chinese: 大游戏; traditional Chinese: 大游戲; pinyin: Dà yóuxi). This was meant to reflect the attitude of both the film and the artist portrayed within it to treat death and suicide as a game or a manipulation.
Canadian scholar Erik Bordeleau has interpreted Frozen as an allegory of the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China. Qi Lei’s “experience of a radical loss of social subjectivity, staged in performative terms, powerfully echoes also that of the Tiananmen survivors, those whose lives did not come to an end, as did the world to which they belonged.”
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