Global VR Invitations

Mr. Buddha

Lee CHUNG|Taiwan|2018|19min |15+

Program Note

This is a short crime story about Dong-Tzu, Ching-Tsai, and Ni-Sang who get their hand on valuable antique only to have the fruit of their labor shared with the newcomer A-Che as per Dong-Tzu's request. Each must make their own plans in the car. The viewer is confined to the space in the explores the enclosed VR setting with the real-time storytelling of a long take in tradional films. The viewer is provided with a more direct experience with the work which generates more effectvive tension than traditional editing.

Director

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Lee CHUNG

One of the most promising novelists and filmmakers in Taiwan, Lee pursued his passion for filmmaking in Columbia University in New York. In 2009 his thesis short Mochi was screened in several film festivals. In the following year, Mochi won Best Short Film and Best Director in Taiwan’s Golden Harvest Short Film Awards.