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= Announcements =
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Student produced China-related [http://www.uvu.edu/chinesestudies/activities/Chacon_trailer.mov trailer] and [http://martin.woesler.de/Chacon_film.mov film] Spring 2012 by Chris Chacon
<span style="color:red">'''Good news! Powerpoint files can now be uploaded directly using [[Special:Upload]]'''</span>
 
= Student contributions / mid-term papers / oral reports / reading in turns =
 
* [[Wong Kar Wai]] -- [[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] <span style="color:red">'''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Wong Kar Wai]]'''</span>
 
* [[Stephen Chow]] -- [[User:Jon|Jon]] <span style="color:red">'''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Stephen Chow]]'''</span>
 
* [[Street Angel]] -- [[User:Holly|Holly]] <span style="color:red">'''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Street Angel]]'''</span>
 
* [[Gong Li]] -- [[User: RisR|RisR]] <span style="color:red">'''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Gong Li]]'''</span>
 
* [[Ang Lee]] -- [[User: Jacob|Jacob]] <span style="color:red">'''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Ang Lee]]'''</span>
 
* [[Family/Cuisine]] -- [[User: Chris1|Chris1]] <span style="color:red">'''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Family/Cuisine]]'''</span>
 
  
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'''Overview on Final Papers'''
  
* [[Zhang Yimou]] -- [[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]]
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<span style="color:red">Dear students, thank you very much for putting your articles here online. Here is a quick link to all the articles of all students in class. You may want to check if you have commented on all of them.</span>
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*Licia K - final paper: [[Farewell My Concubine]], (midterm paper was: [[Wong Kar Wai]])
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*Melanie W - final paper: [[5th Generation Director: Zhang Yimou]], (midterm paper was: [[Ideology in Chinese Films]])
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*Hannah R - final paper: [[Shaolin Soccer]], (midterm paper was: [[The role of meals in Ang Lee's Eat, Drink, Man, Woman]])
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*Matt C - final paper: [[A Beautiful Life]] [[User:Matt C|Matt C]], (midterm paper was: [[Jet Li]])
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*Quaid A - midterm and final paper was: (student film project)
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*Robert B - final paper: [[Stars of Chinese Cinema]], (midterm paper was: [[Jackie Chan]])
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= Introduction =
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This UVU Wiki webpage examines a selection of films from internationally acclaimed Chinese film directors. It is based on a UVU course, in which students act as the film directors and present them, their philosophy, style, work and view from their perspective and put them into the context of Chinese film history.
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Recommended Readings:
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* Berry, Michael. Speaking in Images: Interviews with Contemporary Chinese, Filmmakers. Columbia UP, 2005, ISBN 978-0231133319, A #417,632
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* Zhang Zhen (Editor), Jason McGrath (Contributor), Chris Berry (Contributor), Sheldon H. Lu (Contributor), Yinjing Zhang (Contributor), The Urban Generation: Chinese Cinema and Society at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century, Paperback, 464 pp., Duke University Press Books, March 7, 2007, ISBN: 9780822340744, A#655,344
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* Chris Berry, Chinese Films in Focus II, Paperback, 304 pp., British Film Institute; 2nd Revised edition edition, December 23, 2008, ISBN: 9781844572373, A #526,197
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= Beginnings: The Early Years (prior to 1949) =
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== Movies ==
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* [[Street Angel]] -- [[User:Holly|Holly]]
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== The Early Years: Discussion Topics ==
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* [[Chinese Film Generations]]  -- [[User:Hollyspendlove|Hollyspendlove]]
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= Fifth Generation =
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== Overview ==
  
* [[Success of Chinese Film Since 1984]] -- [[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]]
 
  
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== Directors ==
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* [[Wong Kar Wai]] -- [[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]], [[User:Licia K|Licia K]] 00:23, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
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* [[Stephen Chow]] -- [[User:Jon|Jon]]
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* [[Ang Lee]] -- [[User: Jacob|Jacob]]
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* [[Zhang Yimou]] -- [[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]]
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* [[Fifth Generation Director: Zhang Yimou]] -- Melanie W
 
* [[Chen Kaige]] -- [[User:RisR.|RisR.]]
 
* [[Chen Kaige]] -- [[User:RisR.|RisR.]]
  
* [[Beijing Film Academy]] -- [[User:RisR.|RisR.]]
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== Actors/Actresses ==
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* [[Gong Li]] -- [[User: RisR|RisR]]
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*[[Jet Li]] -- [[User:Matt C|Matt C]] ([[User talk:Matt C|talk]]) 22:52, 26 February 2013 (CET)
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== Movies ==
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* [[Farewell My Concubine]] -- [[User:Licia K|Licia K]] 00:23, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
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* [[Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress]]  -- [[User:Hollyspendlove|Hollyspendlove]]
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* [[Infernal_Affairs_and_The_Departed]]  -- [[User:Jon|Jon]]
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* [[A Beautiful Life]] -- [[User:Jacob|Jacob]], Mat
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* [[A Beautiful Life]] [[User:Matt C|Matt C]] ([[User talk:Matt C|talk]]) 06:50, 14 April 2013 (CEST)
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== 5th Generation: Discussion Topics ==
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*[[The role of meals in Ang Lee's Eat, Drink, Man, Woman]] -- [[User:Hannah A|Hannah A]] ([[User talk:Hannah A|talk]]) 12:26, 1 March 2013 (CET).
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= Martial Arts =
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== Overview ==
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== Actors ==
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* [[Jackie Chan]] -- [[User:RisR.|RisR.]], Robert
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== Movies ==
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* [[Enter_The_Dragon]] -- [[User:Jon|Jon]]
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* [[Ip Man]], [[Ip Man 2]] -- [[User:Jacob|Jacob]]
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* Zhang Yimou: House of Flying Daggers; Jet Li -- Mat
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* Stephen Chow: Shaolin Soccer -- Hannah
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= Sixth Generation =
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== Overview ==
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== Directors ==
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== Actors ==
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== Movies ==
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== 6th Generation: Discussion Topics ==
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* [[Jackie Chan]] -- [[User:RisR.|RisR.]]
 
  
* [[Infernal_Affairs_and_The_Departed]]  -- [[User:Jon.|Jon.]]
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= General Discussion Topics =
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* [[Hong_Kong_Film_Awards]] -- [[User:Jon|Jon]]
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* [[Comedies (Screwball)]] -- [[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]]
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* [[Chinese Emotions]]  -- [[User:Hollyspendlove|Hollyspendlove]]
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* [[Success of Chinese Film Since 1984]] -- [[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]]
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* [[Beijing Film Academy]] -- [[User:RisR.|RisR.]]
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* [[Ideology in Chinese Films]] -- Melanie W
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* [[Stars of Chinese Cinema]] -- Robert B.

Latest revision as of 09:18, 22 April 2013

Click here to learn how to use this Wiki. Root 11:42, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Student produced China-related trailer and film Spring 2012 by Chris Chacon

Overview on Final Papers

Dear students, thank you very much for putting your articles here online. Here is a quick link to all the articles of all students in class. You may want to check if you have commented on all of them.

Introduction

This UVU Wiki webpage examines a selection of films from internationally acclaimed Chinese film directors. It is based on a UVU course, in which students act as the film directors and present them, their philosophy, style, work and view from their perspective and put them into the context of Chinese film history.


Recommended Readings:

  • Berry, Michael. Speaking in Images: Interviews with Contemporary Chinese, Filmmakers. Columbia UP, 2005, ISBN 978-0231133319, A #417,632
  • Zhang Zhen (Editor), Jason McGrath (Contributor), Chris Berry (Contributor), Sheldon H. Lu (Contributor), Yinjing Zhang (Contributor), The Urban Generation: Chinese Cinema and Society at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century, Paperback, 464 pp., Duke University Press Books, March 7, 2007, ISBN: 9780822340744, A#655,344
  • Chris Berry, Chinese Films in Focus II, Paperback, 304 pp., British Film Institute; 2nd Revised edition edition, December 23, 2008, ISBN: 9781844572373, A #526,197


Beginnings: The Early Years (prior to 1949)

Movies

The Early Years: Discussion Topics


Fifth Generation

Overview

Directors

Actors/Actresses

Movies


5th Generation: Discussion Topics

Martial Arts

Overview

Actors

Movies


  • Zhang Yimou: House of Flying Daggers; Jet Li -- Mat
  • Stephen Chow: Shaolin Soccer -- Hannah

Sixth Generation

Overview

Directors

Actors

Movies

6th Generation: Discussion Topics

General Discussion Topics