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In Xanadu
In Xanadu
Directed by Larry Reed
Friday, July 31, 2009, 8pm
USA / 1993 / 63 min / Color / English
Recommended for ages 14 & up
In Xanadu is an epic love story about Khubilai Khan and his wife
Chabui. They are inseparable partners. When she dies, he attempts to bring
her back from the underworld. Performed with exquisite shadow puppets,
the piece blends Tibetan, Chinese, and Indonesian theater techniques into
a unique form of theater that recalls the language of film with lap dissolves,
montages, Bergmanesque horizons, and a Kurosawa-style portrait of the
controlled chaos of war. In Xanadu was featured at the 1997 Henson
International Festival of Puppet Theater in New York and Spoleto USA in
Charleston.
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here to see an excerpt from the making of the film!
Location: Mainstage Theater
Cost: $7; FREE Center Members
Beer & Wine Cash Bar
In Xanadu is part of Puppets Take Atlanta & Beyond.
This July 2009 festival is supported in part by an award from the National
Endowment for the Arts.
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