The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink (1989)
In the twilight years of the Cultural Revolution, a Chinese filmmaker slowly becoming blind tours the country screening her last film to peasants. In it, the woman imagines two "alien" lovers walking from end-to-end along the Great Wall to join each other in the middle, one last time. This documentary is an adaptation of Ulay and Marina Abramovic's final collaborative project, the 1988 performance "The Lovers: The Great Wall Walk."
Director: Murray Grigor
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Marina Abramović as Herself |
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Ulay as Himself |
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Bao Xing as Calligrapher |
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Sedar Chazam as Voice |
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Wu Xiao Ming as Voice |
| Sound | Becky Thomson | Sound |
| Visual Effects | Donald Holwill | Animation |
| Writing | Ulay | Writer |
| Camera | Liang Yun Sheng | Grip |
| Production | Eduardo Lipschutz-Villa | Producer |
| Production | Zhang Liang-bin | Production Manager |
| Directing | Murray Grigor | Director |
| Camera | Paul Herley | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Mei Hong Fu | Music |
| Camera | Douglas Campbell | Camera Supervisor |
| Production | Barbara Grigor | Producer |
| Writing | Murray Grigor | Writer |
| Sound | David McNiven | Music |
| Editing | Berny McGurk | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Brian Vincent | Assistant Editor |
| Writing | Marina Abramović | Writer |
| Visual Effects | Alan Mason | Animation |