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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Butter Lamp is a 2013 short film from China (15 minutes) directed by Hu Wei.The mostly plotless movie, set in Tibet. involves some photographers taking family portraits. Different families pose in front of different backdrops that are lowered behind them. The backdrops are very different—the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, a palm tree on the beach, even Disneyland—but what they have in common is that none of them seem like the kind of backgrounds that one would pick for a family portrait of Tibetans.The title comes from the "butter lamp", a traditional offering of Tibetan Buddhism in which butter is burned in a lamp. | |
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Central Theme: How outside influences are overwhelming and obliterating Tibetan culture. A young man is told to take off his Tibetan jacket for the picture; he leaves in a huff. The locals are photographed in front of all sorts of fake backgrounds that have nothing to do with Tibet—Disneyland!—while the shocking beauty of their own country lies hidden. A new-construction Chinese highway is spoiling the amazing view of the mountains that lies behind the fake backgrounds. | |
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Big Brother Is Watching: The mayor of the village cruises into the frame on a motorbike and announces that "the authorities" are coming for an inspection and that everyone in the village will have to clean their homes inside and out. | |
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The photographers talk about how the new road will really shave down on travel time. The Reveal at the end shows the unfinished highway ramp in the background. | |
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