Movie

Facing Forward

199910m

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Director: Fiona Tan
Release date: 1999-01-01
Runtime: 10m
Language: English
Status: Released
Country: Netherlands

About Facing Forward

Facing Forward is a 1999 movie, directed by Fiona Tan, starring Owen Oppenheimer. It has a runtime of 10 minutes. Below you can see where to watch Facing Forward in United Arab Emirates — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

In reframing and re-editing existing ethnographic films, Tan exposes their anthropological underpinnings and questions the conventions of filmmaking. What is the relationship between the observer and the observed? How can one ever know another? The voice-over, a fictional dialogue taken from Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities, may offer an answer. The explorer Marco Polo and Emperor Kublai Khan are speaking about travel and looking back on the past, when Polo observes, “The traveler recognises the little that is his, discovering the much he has not had and will never have.”

Cast

Owen Oppenheimer

Narrator

Themes & keywords

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Frequently asked questions

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How long is Facing Forward?+

Facing Forward has a runtime of 10 minutes (10 minutes).

Who stars in Facing Forward?+

Facing Forward stars Owen Oppenheimer.

When did Facing Forward come out?+

Facing Forward is a 1999 movie directed by Fiona Tan.

Who directed Facing Forward?+

Facing Forward was directed by Fiona Tan.