Modern China Through
the lenses of Chinese Cinema
Non-Orientalist
Approach to China and Chinese People
Important
Movies in Chinese Cinema
1)
1911
Revolution (2011): 1911 Talking about revolution
2)
Evening
Rain 巴山夜雨(1980)
3)
Legend
of Tianyun Mountain - 天云山传奇 1980 （施建岚、王馥荔、石维坚） (1980)
4)
芙蓉镇Hibiscus Town(1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VL5WPZGVH0
(2-3-4 Focusing on social trauma in Chinese Society After the Cultural Revolution).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VL5WPZGVH0
(2-3-4 Focusing on social trauma in Chinese Society After the Cultural Revolution).
5)
Spring
in a Small Town 小城之春 (1948, ENG sub) (1948): A Story of A life
of a separated family after the Chinese Japanese War - Remake in 2002.
6)
One
and Eight (1983): Focusing on escaped
soldiers from the Chinese Japanese War
7)
Yellow
Earth (1984): It is about a story of a communist soldier who was sent to rural
to collect Chinese folk songs.
8)
Red
Sorghum (1988): A Story about the Chinese Japanese War
9)
The
Story of Qiu Ju Gong Li 巩俐 Story Of Qiu Ju (1992)
10) Farewell My
Concubine (1993)
Class Conflict and Foreign Forces Influence in China
1)
Spring
Silkworms (1933) black and white movie – silent
2)
The
Goddess (1934) black and white movie - silent
3)
The
Big Road (1935)
4)
Mulan
Joins the Army (1939): Japanese occupation and massacre
Under the Japanese Occupation, Chinese Movie Industry
was under the control of Japanese
Against Chaing Kai-Shek
1)
The
Spring River Flows East 一江春水向東流：八年離亂 (1947)
3)
Crows
and Sparrows 1949 ‘烏鴉與麻雀’ Directed by Zheng Jun-Li https://letterboxd.com/film/crows-and-sparrows/
4)
San
Mao, The Little Vagabond (1949)
After
the Chinese
and Japanese War
1)
Unending Emotions (Sang Hu, April 1947)
2)
Fake Bride, Phony Bridegroom (Huang Zuolin, June
1947)
After the Maoist Revolution
1)
Bridge
(1949)
3)
The
White-Haired Girl (1950)
Politically Banned Movies
1)
The
Life of Wu Xun《武训传》1950 - Part 1 (1950)
5)
Before
the New Director Arrives (1956)
6)
The
Unfinished Comedy (1957)
*Lü
Ban (Director), he was banned to direct any movie.
Based On Novels
1)
The
New Years Sacrifice - 1956 Film listed on China's Official Top 100 Films of the
20th century starring Bai Yang. Music By Tina Guo.
7)
The
Lin Family Shop (1959)
On Ethnic Minorities
Independent Movies
1)
Taking
Father Home (背鸭子的男孩) (2005)
6)
The
Other Half (2006)
7)
Oxide
(2004)
8)
Oxhide
II (牛皮贰, Niu Pi II) by Liu Jiayin 2010) - Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJfPj9fQHoo
Until the end of Cultural Revolution, 1972, Chinese
Movie industry was almost not exist…
1)
Breaking
with Old Ideas (1972) : Defending Class/Workers
2)
The
Blue Kit (1993)
5th Generations Chinese Cinema
1)
King
of the Children 1987 Chen Kaige (1987)
2)
Ju
Dou 1990 Full Movie | English Subtitle (1990): This movie was banned for two
years
3)
Farewell
My Concubine (1993) Trailer
4)
To
Live 1994, Full movie with English subtitle (1994)
5)
Raise
the Red Lantern, 1991, Full movie with English subtitle (1991)
6)
The
Kings of Masks - Bian Lian - (1996)
5th Generation Chinese Cinema after the 1989
Tiananmen was almost disappeared. Censorship was emerged, the state did not
support directors financially or politically. However, later, this trend was
changed. Directors strated make indepefdent movies, this new trend can be
called as 6ht generation.
1)
The
days (冬春的日子, 1993) de Wang Xiaoshuai
2)
北京杂种.Beijing Bastards.(Zhang.Yuan.锠熺Ρ,.1993)
3) Xiao Wu 小武
(1997)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDP99GuCI0E
New Movies
New Movies
1)
24
City (2008):
2)
John
Rabe (2009): 1937 Nanjing Occupation
3)
City
of Life and Death: 1937 Nanjing Occupation
4)
Not
One Less (1999): A Story about rural life in China
5)
In
the Heart of the Sun (1994): A story about group of people’s lives during the
cultural revolution
6)
Beijing
Bicycle (2001): A story about 16 years old delivery guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpHgZgFBfJ0
7)
Once
Upon a Time in China (1991): It is about Qing Dynasty
8)
The
Founding of a Republic (2009): In 1945, it is about meetings and talks about Mao
and Chiang Kai-shek after the Japanese-Chinese War
9)
Mongol
(2007):
10) Confucius (2010):
11) Platform (2000): It
is about a group amateur theater actor between 1979 and 1989 and their
representation of changing dynamics of Chinese social, cultural and political
scenes.
12)
Da xiang xi di er zuo
(An Elephant Sitting Still)
14)
Ash Is Purest White |
Official Clip | "Ambush" 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ3xnvrJH2U&feature=emb_title
15)
White Snake [Official
Subtitled Trailer] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeTy_t4WAfo&feature=youtu.be
[1]
Mert Karakadilar is a MA student at Bahcesehir University in Turkey and he will
apply for a PhD in Global Studies at Shanghai University.
[2]
Tugrul Keskin, Professor at Shanghai University
