MAOIST CINEMA IN THE PRC: FROM SEVENTEEN YEARS (1949-1966) TO CULTURAL REVOLUTION (1966-1976)

Special Screening

Two Actresses ( 舞台姐妹)  

Dir. XIE Jin/谢晋, 1965,112min

Date/Time/Venue: APRIL 25^th   Thursday, 4:30pm, Rm 127

NOTE:
for those who cannot make it for the screening, click the title you would find the YouTube version (subtitles are done for Chinese-learners)

WEEK  3*APRIL  26^th Lecture

 

Required Reading:

NOTE: 3 required readings are BA level.

Bordwell, David & Thompson, Kristin. (2010). Film History: An Introduction, McGraw-Hill Higher Education. p370-373

Zhang, Yingjin. (2008). “Socialist Cinema in Perspective: Stage Sisters andComplexity”, Chinese National Cinema. Routledge:212-16

Marchetti, Gina. (1989). “Two Stage Sisters: The Blossoming of a Revolutionary Aesthetic”,Jump Cut, no.34,   pp.95-106

[http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC34folder/2stageSisters.html]

Reference Reading (for MA):

McGrath, J. (2010). “Cultural Revolution Model Opera Films and the Realist Tradition inChinese Cinema”. Opera Quarterly, 26(2–3), 343–376.