Title Life on a string [(DVD) videorecording] = Bian zou bian chang / a film by Chen Kaige ; Don Ranvaud presents a Serene production ; with Pandora Film, Beijing Film Studio, and China Film Co-production Corporation in association with Film Four International [and others] ; director, screenplay, Chen Kaige ; co-producer, Hung Huang.

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N[ew] Y[ork], N.Y. : Kino on Video, [2001]

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1308288~S1

Location	Call No.	Status
Nichols Adult DVD Foreign Films	CHINESE LIF	AVAILABLE

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Description	1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD; letterboxed (widescreen).
Language	In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Cast	Liu Zhongyuan, Huang Lei, Xu Qing.
Credits	Director of photography, Gu Changwei ; editor, Pei Xinonan ; music, Qu Xino Song ; vocalist, Wang Di.
Note	From a short story by Shi Tiesheng.
	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991.
	For specific features see interactive menu.
Summary	Story of a saintly blind man who as a boy was promised the restoration of his sight if he devoted his life to music. He and a young blind disciple travel the countryside seeking enlightenment and inspiring people with their singing and banjo playing.
Subject	Fables, Chinese -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
	Blind musicians -- China -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
	DVDs.
Local Subject	FOREIGN FILMS (CHINESE), VIDEODISCS.
	FOREIGN FILMS (MANDARIN), VIDEODISCS.
Subject	Chinese language materials
Genre	Feature films.
	Foreign films China.
	Feature films China.
	Motion pictures, Chinese.
	Chinese language materials.
Added Author	Ranvaud, Donald, producer.
	Hung, Huang, producer.
	Chen, Kaige, 1952- director, screenwriter.
	Liu, Zhongyuan, actor.
	Huang, Lei, actor.
	Xu, Qing, actor.
	Shi, Tiesheng, 1951-2010, author.
	Serene Productions (Firm)
	Pandora Film (Firm)
	Beijing dian ying zhi pian chang.
	Zhongguo dian ying he zuo zhi pian gong si.
	Kino International Corporation.
Added Title	Bian zou bian chang
	Life on a string
	Bian zou bian chang.
Standard No.	738329023324
Music No.	K233 Kino International

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