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EXPOSPECIAL Film defi nes Chinese ‘THE DRUNKEN BEAUTY’ | PART 12 Global admiration for The Drunken Beauty life and aspirations Th e famous painting, The Drunken Beauty, has enjoyed great popu- larity among celebrities, and so has its embroi- Director Lu Chuan’s dery, which has been chosen as a favorite by movie in the China celebrities from around the world, including Pavilion gets rave singers Celine Dion, reviews, Shi Yingying Placido Domingo, fi lm star Sharon Stone, and PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY reports. director Michelle Tang Wang Jiamu, general manager of Shanghai Chinese — all of whom share a Quintessence Art Co Ltd, presents the Chinese common interest and embroidery of The Drunken Beauty to famous Chinese folk singer Song Zuying. taste for traditional Chinese culture. the complicated embroidering process Chinese celebrities also admire this involved in the artwork’s creation and beautiful artwork. When Song Zuying, could not help being impressed by its a famous Chinese folk singer, came to vivid characterization, rich colors and Shanghai for her solo show, she was delicate handcraft . presented with the embroidery, The The Drunken Beauty has proved Drunken Beauty, which she appreci- itself to be a popular artwork among ated. Song kept asking questions about people around the globe.

‘THE DRUNKEN BEAUTY’ | PART 13

Filmmaker Lu Chuan is once again dazzling cinema screen, the multi-screen equipment Montenegro president receives The Drunken Beauty audiences with his short film, The Road to allows more space for story telling,” said Lu. Our Beautiful Life, being shown at the China Another highlight of the movie is the repre- Pavilion’s multi-screened theater during the sentation of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. “It Expo 2010 Shanghai. is the fi rst time that a disaster is presented in our In this 8-minute fi lm, he features four genera- national propaganda fi lms. People showed how tions of Chinese and uses special eff ects to utilize tough they could be by enduring this catastro- the theater’s advanced audiovisual equipment. phe,” he said. “As a story teller, I’m always curious about Lu made a short public service advertisement how to use special eff ects to enhance my ideas,” called An Encounter soon aft er the Wenchuan said Lu. earthquake. “During that period of time when Surrounded by three 20-meter-long, 7-meter- the whole society was immersed in the deep sor- high screens and a round screen on the ceiling, row, I wanted to cheer up people with my type of visitors’ fi rst impressions of the theater are grand humor in An Encounter, while Th e Road to Our and spectacular. Beautiful Life is more serious.” As the first stop at the China Pavilion, the Born in 1971, Lu regards himself as a short movie tells the story of China’s progress seventh generation director. “Th e sixth gen- in the last 30 years from the perspective of four eration directors such as generations of Chinese. and gained fame from foreign Without narration, the movie footage repre- fi lm festivals, while the seventh generation sent interpretations by average people of their fi lmmakers are made famous by their audi- homeland’s big events, such as China’s opening ences,” said Lu. up, the return of Hong Kong and athlete Liu Lu’s latest film , also Xiang’s world record. From country to city, poor known as ! Nanjing!, grossed 150 mil- Filip Vujanovic, president of the Th e embroidery is based on the art- to affl uent, these selected Chinese represent the lion yuan ($22 million) nationwide soon aft er Republic of Montenegro, and a group work of renowned Chinese oil painter country and defi ne its people. it was released in the summer of 2009, which of delegates attended a banquet for Liu Linghua’s, while the Shanghai “I felt emotionally attached to the Chinese, made him the fourth director to achieve this Montenegro Night on May 25 in Chinese Quintessence Art Co Ltd as if it was myself that witnessed the country’s record in China. Shanghai. turned the piece into an elaborate history in the past 30 years,” said Mauricio Gon- “I respect the courage of the sixth generation During the banquet, Vujanovic had embroidery. zalez Gordon, a visitor from Spain. directors when they try to reveal the dark side an exclusive interview with China Th e president showed great interest Th e conversation between three individual of the society in their fi lms, but you can’t force Daily and received an embroidery of in the artwork and expressed his appre- but connected screens helps to deliver the children born in the 1980s and 1990s to discuss the famous painting, The Drunken ciation for its mixture of traditional director’s message. “Diff erent from the normal the same issues,” said Lu. Beauty. Chinese culture and delicate design.