After graduating from the Beijing Film Academy in 1982, directors like Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou revolutionized Chinese cinema with Red Sorghum, Farewell My Concubine, Yellow Earth, Raise the Red Lantern, and other international successes. Memoirs from the Beijing Film Academy tells the riveting st...

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1. Verfasser:	Ni, Zhen (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Durham, NC Duke Univ. Pr. 2002
Schriftenreihe:	Asia-Pacific
Schlagworte:	Chen, Kaige > 1953- Zhang, Yimou > 1950- Beijing dian ying xue yuan - Histoire Beijing dian ying xue yuan > History Geschichte 1982 Cinéma - Chine Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma - Chine - Biographies Film Geschichte Motion picture producers and directors > China > Biography Motion pictures > China Filmhochschule Absolvent Peking Biografie
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Zusammenfassung:	After graduating from the Beijing Film Academy in 1982, directors like Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou revolutionized Chinese cinema with Red Sorghum, Farewell My Concubine, Yellow Earth, Raise the Red Lantern, and other international successes. Memoirs from the Beijing Film Academy tells the riveting story of this class of 1982, China's famous "Fifth Generation" of filmmakers. It is the first insider's account of this renowned cohort to appear in English. Covering these directors' formative experiences during China's tumultuous Cultural Revolution and later at the Beijing Film Academy, Ni Zhen--who was both their screenwriter and teacher--provides unique insights into the origins of the Fifth Generation's creativity. Memoirs from the Beijing Film Academy illuminates the Fifth Generation in light of the social and political history of contemporary China. While it addresses the collective identity of the filmmakers, most of whom were born in the late 1940s or early 1950s, it also examines how they view themselves and relate to one another. Ni Zhen has supplemented his personal knowledge of these directors with new interviews conducted for this volume. Intervening in current debates, he argues against mistaken postcolonial criticisms which allege that these filmmakers marketed an exotic image of China to Western audiences. He also demonstrates the diversity of the Fifth Generation, commenting on the breadth of styles and themes explored by its members and introducing a range of male and female directors, cinematographers, and production designers famous in China but less well-known internationally. The book contains vivid descriptions of the production processes of two pioneering films--One and Eight and Yellow Earth.
Beschreibung:	Original title in Chinese not available. -- Includes index
Beschreibung:	XVII, 233 S. Ill.
ISBN:	0822329565 0822329700