Building Archaeology
The documentary Building Archeology (jiànzhú kǎo) (2011) considers the more recent past. It’s made up of three vignettes about different buildings in Beijing: a museum, an abandoned hospital, and a detention center. The latter two vignettes are especially interesting. In the second, a woman wanders around the ruins of a hospital built in a week to deal with the 2003 SARS outbreak. The third concerns a former prisoner, tracing out a map of the detention center where he was held in 2011.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | 建筑考 |
| Year | 2011 |
| Country | China |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Xu Ruotao |
| Runtime | 16 min. |
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Building Archaeology is an acquired taste at 0.0/10. We recommend checking the trailer and synopsis before diving in.
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A 2011 film from an era before CGI overload, with real performances that still hit hard. Best for: genre fans and those open to something unconventional.
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