WEEK 6 *MAY 24TH NEW CHINESE CINEMA IN THE 1980S: THE FIFTH GENERATION

Homework Viewing/YouTube

Yellow Earth 黃土地 [click the title]

Dir. Chen Kaige. 陳凱歌

&

Red Sorghum (红⾼粱)

                                         Dir. Zhang Yimou/張藝謀, 1987

NOTE: Dear all, there is a small change of plan. I have added another film to the list, so you can choose to watch any one out of the two; for sure it would be even better if you could watch both titles. 

We will mainly talk about Red Sorghum in class. If you cannot find the film, do write to Ma Ran. 

WEEK 6 *MAY 24^TH LECTURE

Required Reading:

(FOR WEEK 6-7) Bordwell, David & Thompson, Kristin. (2010). Film History: An Introduction, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, pp.637-643[click the page numbers]

Berry, Michael. (2014). "Fifth Generation and the New Cinema of the 1980s" in Michael. Bell, J., & British Film Institute, Electric shadows : A century of Chinese cinema. pp46-55

Hao, Xiaoming & Chen, Yanru. (2000). "The Chinese Cinema in The Reform Era",

Journal of Popular Film & Television, spring: 28,1

Reference Reading:
For MA and above; also a great read if you want to explore this topic further.

Tweedie, James. (2013). ‘FifthGeneration and the Youth of China’. In the Age of New Waves: Art Cinema and the Staging of Globalization, Oxford University Press. 238- 275