World-Building: Bi Gan on Resurrection | Screen Slate
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After only two features, Bi Gan had already developed a fervent following from viewers who left the theater walking on air from the unfastened-camera showmanship of Kaili Blues (2015) and Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2018). It seemed only natural that Bi’s next film, Resurrection, would be a dream of cinephilia, quite literally. The sci-fi premise imagines that people have ceased to dream for fear of death, except for a few “fantasmers,” who in turn have devoted pursuers.