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Notes Towards a Model Opera

2015 · 11 min

William Kentridge’s Notes Towards a Model Opera (2014–15) is an 11-minute video work that pulses with visual ingenuity and historical resonance. Crafted for Beijing’s Ullens Center in 2015, it dissects the Cultural Revolution’s eight model operas—propaganda ballets and plays designed to forge Mao’s ideal revolutionary spirit. Kentridge transforms their rigid ideology into a fluid, multi-screen meditation on revolution’s dreams and failures, blending China’s past with global echoes.

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Year 2015
Director William Kentridge
Runtime 11 min.

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Notes Towards a Model Opera is an acquired taste at 0.0/10. We recommend checking the trailer and synopsis before diving in.

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Released in 2015, this film holds up just as well today. Best for: genre fans and those open to something unconventional.

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