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

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 Cinema in Perspective: Stage Sisters and Complexity”, Chinese National Cinema. Routledge: 212-16 [distributed in class]