Claustrophobia. 2008. Directed by Ivy Ho

Film

Claustrophobia. 2008. Hong Kong. Directed by Ivy Ho. With Karena Lam, Ekin Cheung, Eric Tsang. 35mm. In Cantonese; English subtitles. 100 min.

In multiple flashbacks, Claustrophobia tells the story of Tom (Ekin Cheung), the married manager of a five-person marketing team, and Pearl (Karena Lam), one of his team members. Spending day and night working together, they develop feelings for each other over time. Using flashbacks as a storytelling device, Ivy Ho, an award-winning screenwriter (Comrades, Almost a Love Story) in her directorial debut, brings us back in time to stages of this inevitable, yet ambiguous, relationship. Cinematographer Lee films in confined spaces, where the two characters are often found trapped together, to convey a sense of claustrophobia and inescapable romantic attraction.

This film accompanies Luminosity: The Art of Cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-Bing.

Sun, Jun 26, 2016, 5:00 p.m.

Education Center, Mezzanine, Theater 3

The Celeste Bartos Theater
Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 5:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1

Licensing

If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in MoMA’s collection, or an image of a MoMA publication or archival material (including installation views, checklists, and press releases), please contact Art Resource (publication in North America) or Scala Archives (publication in all other geographic locations).

All requests to license audio or video footage produced by MoMA should be addressed to Scala Archives at [email protected]. Motion picture film stills or motion picture footage from films in MoMA’s Film Collection cannot be licensed by MoMA/Scala. For licensing motion picture film footage it is advised to apply directly to the copyright holders. For access to motion picture film stills please contact the Film Study Center. More information is also available about the film collection and the Circulating Film and Video Library.

If you would like to reproduce text from a MoMA publication, please email [email protected]. If you would like to publish text from MoMA’s archival materials, please fill out this permission form and send to [email protected].