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An acrylic painting on wood panel, titled 'Follow Follow', of a pantless woman wearing a leather jacket with a bright yellow shirt and a pink guitar. She is praying while standing above the body of Kurt Cobain.
  • China
  • punk
  • gritty
  • indie

Follow Follow

(2011, Peng Lei)

I’ve been following the Beijing punk scene for several years now. New Pants was one of the bands I enjoyed and the frontman, Peng Lei, is also an animator/filmmaker. In his film, Follow Follow, a wanna-be musician living in Beijing has a Kurt Cobain obsession so strong that his ghost travels to stay with her. She becomes inspired to join a band and proceeds to meet various Chinese musicians who struggle in their imitations of rock music from the west. Everyone is altogether lost.

I waited many years to see this movie and I finally found it in China. Coincidentally around the same time I found it, youtube also had it up. It’s a bit of a slow, amateurish ride but the soundtrack is really good and if you know anything about Chinese punk you will recognize a lot of faces.

September 28, 2015
From the indie film, 'Follow Follow', a screenshot of a young woman, Even, lying in bed with Kurt Cobain. An animated gif of a scene from the film 'Follow Follow' showing black and white photos of Kurt Cobain swaying in the breeze. A screenshot from the movie 'Follow Follow' showing Even singing with a band in a small rehearsal space.

© 2011 - 22Film


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