The article is originally posted on CineClub18 with 152 views.
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/GmlsWt9Wm9_zv4MgxhXFVQ
Jiexiao Ying 2019.04.19
Translated by Jessie Liu 2019.06.13

Last weekend, Long Night’s Journey Into Night opened at the Film at Lincoln Center and Metrograph in New York. It was sold out on Friday night and almost impossible to get a  ticket on Saturday night. The combination of Art Theater and 3D attracts not only the New York intellectuals but also young people of all races.

This weekend, the film will be screened at LA’s The Landmark and Laemmle Playhouse7, Ithaca’s Cornell Cinema, Toronto’s TIFF, the Brooklyn Nitehawk Cinema and Alamo Drafthouse. All cinephiles shall come! The ticket purchase link is attached below.

After last week’s screening, I asked everyone how they felt about the film. American arthouse film lovers usually like Andrei Tarkovsky’s reference. Some viewers shyly told me that they were sleepy during the film. They fell into a dream with the protagonist in the cinema and got lost in the slow-paced story. 

Some viewers said that they have seen the film three times. They were very obsessed with the 12-minute 3D long take. The dream fragments the events in reality and makes a collage of them. The process of revealing the reality is like a game. And the sound design is impressive.

The most mentioned is one coincidence in the long shot: the horse is shocked in front of the camera, so the apples on its back fell to the ground.  This accident strengthens the reality of the movie world.

In fact, all of the above are ways to access a movie. Director Bi Gan said:

“Don’t be afraid to get a little lost while watching.
It is a gentle, quiet film.
If you can give yourself over to it,
you’ll find answers in all that your eyes absorb.”

Regarding the atmosphere of the film, he said:

Just when you think it is a film noir,
it turns into a fairy tale.

The director is willing to dream with the audience:

“It is a film about dream and memory.
When we dream, it feels so real.
Yet when we wake up,
we are left with nothing but fragments.
It is my hope that this is the feeling
you will have while watching my film.”

The complete short video recorded by Director Bi Gan for the North American audience will appear at the beginning of the film screening ( with English subtitles), so don’t be late!

The North American film critic recommended Long Day’s Journey into Night and everyone should go to the cinema to experience this fantastic dream.

North America Screening info this week

[New York]

*Welcome to join the New York Cinephile Group, receive giveaways, and discuss the movie. Contact “vivian_afro to join the group.

Film Society of Lincoln Center (3D) 4.12-25

It is the pillar of New York’s arthouse films, the venue of the New York Film Festival. It is near the 66th street subway station on Train 1.
Ticket link: https://www.filmlinc.org/films/long-days-journey-night-bi-gan/

Metrograph(3D) 4.12-25

In the center of Chinatown, full of popular restaurants
Ticket purchase link: http://metrograph.com/film/film/2004/long-days-journey-into-night

Nitehawk Cinema (2D) 4.19-20 (Friday, Saturday, Midnight)

The cinema in the Williamsburg Bar in Brooklyn, where you can start watching movies at 12:20 AM .
Ticket link: https://nitehawkcinema.com/williamsburg/movies/long-days-journey-into-night/

Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn (3D) 4.20-21 (this weekend only)

Thematic dining, fan curation, see Siyuan’s article for details: Cinema of Paradise
Ticket purchase link: https://drafthouse.com/nyc/show/long-days-journey-into-night-2018

Cornell Cinema, Ithaca 4.18, 4.21 7PM

Cornell friends, come on! Purchase ticket link: https://cinema.cornell.edu/Spring2019/long_days_journey_into_night.html

[Los Angeles]

*Welcome to join the LA Cinephile Group, meet a movie (recommended 3D games),

*DC&LA benefits

The Landmark (3D & 2D) 4.19-25
3D-10:15 am, 1:15, 4:15M 7:15, 10:10 pm
Ticket link: bit.ly/2VLOzO6

2D -11:00 am, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00 & 10:20 pm
Ticket link: bit.ly/2Xje3Tq

Laemmle Playhouse 7 (2D) 4.19-25
2D -1:00, 4:20 & 7:40PM

[Seattle]

SIFF Cinema Uptown 4.12-18
Ticket link: https://www.siff.net/year-round-cinema/long-days-journey-into-night

Grand Illusion Cinema (2D) 4.20-21 1:30pm 2:30pm (weekend only)
Ticket link: http://www.grandillusioncinema.org/

[Columbus] 4.18-19

Wexner Center for the Arts
https://www.facebook.com/events/2143830169040675/

[Toronto] 4.19 – 25

TIFF Bell Lightbox
https://www.tiff.net/tiff/long-days-journey-into-night/

* Participate in the premiere night of Toronto, see the activity page of “Xiaoxuaner Guanying Group”, and have the opportunity to get the giveaways of the movie.
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/cKALeXISevB4k_AF4A9uRA

[Vancouver] Coming Soon

Vancouver International Film Centre
https://viff.org/Online/f26293-long-days-journey-into-night

Online events

Coordinates of the United States fans can contact Vivian (WeChat vivian_afro) to join the local fans of the United States, such as the New York Film Guard, LA squad, American gaze…

New York movie theater fans who met at the Lincoln Center

Artist partner at Metrograph Party

Canada movie lovers can contact Xiaoxuan Er (WeChat xuanyi0415) to participate in the event “Toronto Premiere Night”.

The audience from the United States and Canada can send a film review to Vivian (WeChat vivian_afro). You may have the chance to win BABYGHOST X Movie Theme silk scarf and vinyl record (North America only).

If you are a super fan of Long Day’s Journey into Night, or you are interested in the announcement of arthouse films, willing to contribute ideas and do co-promotion, or introduce friends to this movie that requires patience to fully appreciate, please contact me (WeChat vivian_afro).

Reading More:

• Deep Focus Round Table | Why “The Last Night of the Earth” deserves to be discussed repeatedly
• IndieWire | How to shoot a long shot of 59 minutes anti-gravity
• North American Film Critics | Moving Through Time (Dennis Lim, Curator of Lincoln Center)
• Cinephile’s Film Critics | Life is a Mobius-style resurrection dream – the spiritual reconstruction of Long Day’s Journey into Night
• Interview | Conversation with Bi Gan by Xu Zhiyuan (Video)

– Have a good dream! –

《地球最后的夜晚》LA&多伦多3D首映，布鲁克林酒吧半夜小酌