Unique film poster exhibition opens in China today

Unique film poster exhibition opens in China today

MUMBAI: Film posters from the tines of Roman Polanski’s Chinatown to Chen Kaige’s Yellow Earth to Jia Zhangke’s The World are on display in the 10-day Movie Art China exhibition starting today in Beijing.

Organized by an art history teacher, Julian Fisher, the exhibition will be open to the public for free. A large number of the posters, such as one from Poland for Yellow Earth depicting a cracked eggshell covered in blood are also on display.

The exhibition, sponsored by Chinese online movie fan site MTime.com and Broadway Cinematheque at MOMA, will also feature talks about the history of the Chinese film industry and the future of 3D in China.b