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May 8th Special Screening

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Special Screening  http://kungfutube.info/wp-content/uploads/sb/sb286g12m.jpg One-Armed Swordsman (獨臂刀) Dir. Chang Cheh, 1967,111min  Date/Time/Venue: May 8th Monday, 4:30pm, Rm 131

NOTES OF APRIL 21 LECTURE

Dear all, Please download it from HERE . [SAME password!!!] It is only for research/study purpose, and please do not circulate it outside the classroom. 

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

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2. MAOIST CINEMA IN THE PRC: FROM SEVENTEEN YEARS (1949-1966) TO CULTURAL REVOLUTION (1966-1976)   WEEK 3*APRIL 28 TH   Screening: Two Actresses ( 舞台姐妹 ) , Dir. XIE Jin, 1965,112min compulsory; attendance will be taken WEEK 4 * MAY 5 TH National Holiday/No Class WEEK 5 * MAY 12 TH   Lecture Required Reading: Bordwell, David & Thompson, Kristin. (2010). Film History: An Introduction , McGraw-Hill Higher Education. pp510-11 (sorry, this is newly added); pp370-373 [distributed in class] 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 ] McGrath, J. (2010). “Cultural Revolution Model Opera Films and the Realist Tradition in Chinese Cinema”. Opera Quarterly , 26 (2–3), 343–376. [click HERE ] Zhang, Yingjin. (2008). “Socialist...

POSTWAR JAPANESE CINEMA: HOW TO REMEMBER/FORGET THE WAR?

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source:http://www.janusfilms.com/films/1293 Special Screening Pigs and Battleships( 豚と軍艦 ) Dir. Imamura Shohei, 1961, 108min   Date/Time/Venue: APRIL 17 th Monday, 4:30pm, Rm 131 WEEK 2 * APRIL 21 ST   Lecture Required Reading: Cardullo, R. (2013). Vengeance was his: The post-war cinema of Japan’s Shohei Imamura. Asian Cinema , 24 (1), 37–49. http://doi.org/10.1386/ac.24.1.37 [distribute in class] Desser, David. (1988). Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction To The Japanese New Wave Cinema, Bloomington: Indiana University Press : 1-12 (introduction) ; 58-62 [download HERE ; ask our TA for the PW] NOTE: sharing period of online documents expires at the end of each month. Be quick! Richie, Donald. (2009). “Imamura Revisited.” Film Quarterly 63 (1): 44–49. [distribute in class] Film for Reference:  Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker , Dir. Paulo Rocha, 1995

Welcome to the Spring Semester

Dear all, This is Ran, and welcome to join this course (and our blog) on Asian cinema history!  please click HERE to download the syllabus. (for PW please ask our TA) WEEK 1 * APRIL 14 TH INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUNDS, MAPS AND APPROACHES Preparation readings: Bordwell, David & Thompson, Kristin. (2010). “Introduction”, Film History: An Introduction , McGraw-Hill Higher Education. [distribute in class] Chapman, James, Mark Glancy, and Sue Harper. (2007). “Introduction.” In The New Film History Sources, Methods, Approaches , 1–10. Palgrave Macmillan. [distribute in class] Nornes, Abé Mark. (2013). “The Creation and Construction of Asian Cinema Redux.” Film History 25 (1–2): 175–87. doi:10.2979/filmhistory.25.1-2.175. [distribute in class]