My Village

The titles of Wang Wai's films are My Village 2006, My Village 2007, My Village 2008.... A basic one-chip DV camera which is often placed on a tripod; most of the sequences are comprised of approximately 10-minute takes, portraying the scenes of the village as if they were on the stage of a Beckett theatre. 'I live my life in this village and this is also where I film... It is just the most everyday village possible and the most everyday villagers possible... I film them from among them, for I myself am one of them...' (Wang Wei)