Facing Forward
Jan 01, 1999 · 10m
Director
Fiona TanOverview
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 of Facing Forward
Crew of Facing Forward
About Facing Forward
What is Facing Forward about?
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…
When was Facing Forward released?
Facing Forward was released on January 1, 1999.
How long is Facing Forward?
Facing Forward runs 10 minutes.
Who directed Facing Forward?
Facing Forward was directed by Fiona Tan.
Who is in the cast of Facing Forward?
The cast of Facing Forward includes Owen Oppenheimer (Narrator).