Chinese Culture and Film

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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

• Street Angel -- Holly

The Early Years: Discussion Topics

• Chinese Film Generations -- Hollyspendlove

Fifth Generation

Directors

• Wong Kar Wai -- Keeley X., Licia K 00:23, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
• Stephen Chow -- Jon
• Ang Lee -- Jacob
• Zhang Yimou -- Keeley X.
• Chen Kaige -- RisR.

Actors/Actresses

• Gong Li -- RisR

Jet Li

Movies

• Farewell My Concubine -- Licia K 00:23, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
• Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress -- Hollyspendlove
• Infernal_Affairs_and_The_Departed -- Jon
• A Beautiful Life -- Jacob, Mat
• Chungking Express -- Licia K 00:23, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

5th Generation: Discussion Topics

• Family/Cuisine - Ang Lee: The Wedding Banquet-- Hannah

Martial Arts

Actors

• Jackie Chan -- RisR., Robert

Movies

• Enter_The_Dragon -- Jon
• Ip Man, Ip Man 2 -- Jacob

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

General Discussion Topics

• Hong_Kong_Film_Awards -- Jon
• Comedies (Screwball) -- Keeley X.
• Chinese Emotions -- Hollyspendlove
• Success of Chinese Film Since 1984 -- Keeley X.
• Beijing Film Academy -- RisR.
• Ideology in Chinese Films -- Melanie W
• Stars in Chinese films -- Robert
• Masculinity in China -- Melanie W