Chao-Li Chi shadow boxes indoors and practices with a sword outdoors. Theoretically, the film describes in a single continuous movement three degrees of traditional Chinese boxing, Wu-tang, Shao-lin, and Shao-lin with a sword. A long sequence of the ballet-like, sinuous Wu-tang becomes the more erratic Shao-lin; in the middle, there is an abrupt change to leaping sword movements, in the center of which, at the apogee of the leap, there is a long held freeze-frame.
Credits
Meditation on Violence Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Chao Li Chi
He was 22, 83 years old when he died
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as Himself |
Meditation on Violence Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Maya Deren as Cinematography. She was 31 (44) years old when She died
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Crew |
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Maya Deren as Director. She was 31 (44) years old when She died
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Directing |
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Maya Deren as Writer. She was 31 (44) years old when She died
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Writing |
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Chao Li Chi as Writer. He was 22 (83) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Teiji Ito as Music. He was 14 (46) years old when He died
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Sound |
