This video essay was made as a supplementary component of my undergraduate senior thesis at Middlebury College for the Department of Film & Media Culture, titled "Lost Souls, Lost Memories: A Study of Narrative Symmetry & Formal Dialectical Structures in Bi Gan's Dangmai Universe." Song - Eden Roc by Ludovico Einaudi Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS