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Xiaoping Lin, Children of Marx and Coca Cola, Honolulu, University of Hawai’I Press, 2010
Xiaoping Lin, Children of Marx and Coca Cola, Honolulu, University of Hawai’i Press, 2010 Paola Voci (University of Otago) Xiaoping Lin’s Children of Marx and Coca Cola offers an impressive display of scholarship that confidently moves from acute film analyses to insightful art criticism and in-depth examinations of the most recent theorizations of Chinese contemporary social and cultural changes. By focusing on a rich selection of visual texts chosen among the most representative works of both the Chinese avant-garde artists and independent cinema’s filmmakers, Lin provides a convincing overview of the main tropes that have characterized the artistic reflection on the transition from socialism to capitalism in China. Such transition, the author notes, is better understood via Slavoj Žižek’s notion of trauma (p. 23) as this transition was imposed to rather than chosen by the Chinese people and has resulted in painful contradictions and social inequalities. The book’s main appeal is indeed in Lin’s strong voice, which engages the reader at the same time in a rigorous academic exploration and a personal conversation. The writing style successfully combines critical reviews of relevant scholarship and the author’s own life experiences (including his first encounter with Andy Warhol as his translator when he visited China in 1982). Similarly, the discussion of the primary texts benefits not only from Lin’s first-hand knowledge of the various exhibits and artworks as well as his subtle “insider” understanding of both the on-screen and off-screen realities explored by independent cinema, but also from his references to the larger critical discourses in which they have been analyzed (by scholars such as Dai Jinhua, Geremie Barmé, Gao Minglu, Liu Kang and Zhang Zhen). -
Gender and the Family in Contemporary Chinese-Language Film Remakes
Gender and the family in contemporary Chinese-language film remakes Sarah Woodland BBusMan., BA (Hons) A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Queensland in 2016 School of Languages and Cultures 1 Abstract This thesis argues that cinematic remakes in the Chinese cultural context are a far more complex phenomenon than adaptive translation between disparate cultures. While early work conducted on French cinema and recent work on Chinese-language remakes by scholars including Li, Chan and Wang focused primarily on issues of intercultural difference, this thesis looks not only at remaking across cultures, but also at intracultural remakes. In doing so, it moves beyond questions of cultural politics, taking full advantage of the unique opportunity provided by remakes to compare and contrast two versions of the same narrative, and investigates more broadly at the many reasons why changes between a source film and remake might occur. Using gender as a lens through which these changes can be observed, this thesis conducts a comparative analysis of two pairs of intercultural and two pairs of intracultural films, each chapter highlighting a different dimension of remakes, and illustrating how changes in gender representations can be reflective not just of differences in attitudes towards gender across cultures, but also of broader concerns relating to culture, genre, auteurism, politics and temporality. The thesis endeavours to investigate the complexities of remaking processes in a Chinese-language cinematic context, with a view to exploring the ways in which remakes might reflect different perspectives on Chinese society more broadly, through their ability to compel the viewer to reflect not only on the past, by virtue of the relationship with a source text, but also on the present, through the way in which the remake reshapes this text to address its audience. -
Bibliography
BIBLIOGRAPHY An Jingfu (1994) The Pain of a Half Taoist: Taoist Principles, Chinese Landscape Painting, and King of the Children . In Linda C. Ehrlich and David Desser (eds.). Cinematic Landscapes: Observations on the Visual Arts and Cinema of China and Japan . Austin: University of Texas Press, 117–25. Anderson, Marston (1990) The Limits of Realism: Chinese Fiction in the Revolutionary Period . Berkeley: University of California Press. Anon (1937) “Yueyu pian zhengming yundong” [“Jyutpin zingming wandung” or Cantonese fi lm rectifi cation movement]. Lingxing [ Ling Sing ] 7, no. 15 (June 27, 1937): no page. Appelo, Tim (2014) ‘Wong Kar Wai Says His 108-Minute “The Grandmaster” Is Not “A Watered-Down Version”’, The Hollywood Reporter (6 January), http:// www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wong-kar-wai-says-his-668633 . Aristotle (1996) Poetics , trans. Malcolm Heath (London: Penguin Books). Arroyo, José (2000) Introduction by José Arroyo (ed.) Action/Spectacle: A Sight and Sound Reader (London: BFI Publishing), vii-xv. Astruc, Alexandre (2009) ‘The Birth of a New Avant-Garde: La Caméra-Stylo ’ in Peter Graham with Ginette Vincendeau (eds.) The French New Wave: Critical Landmarks (London: BFI and Palgrave Macmillan), 31–7. Bao, Weihong (2015) Fiery Cinema: The Emergence of an Affective Medium in China, 1915–1945 (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press). Barthes, Roland (1968a) Elements of Semiology (trans. Annette Lavers and Colin Smith). New York: Hill and Wang. Barthes, Roland (1968b) Writing Degree Zero (trans. Annette Lavers and Colin Smith). New York: Hill and Wang. Barthes, Roland (1972) Mythologies (trans. Annette Lavers), New York: Hill and Wang. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 203 G. -
From Glory to Destruction: John Huston's Non-Fictional Depictions of War
RSA Journal 13 5 FEDERICO SINISCALCO From Glory to Destruction: John Huston's Non-fictional Depictions of War During the second World War John Huston became involved, together with other famous Hollywood filmmakers, in the U.S. Government propa ganda film production. This paper argues that whereas Report from the Aleutians, Huston's first war documentary, may be incorporated within the propaganda genre, and depicts war as an instance where men may aspire to glory, his second non-fiction film, San Pietro, breaks free of this label and takes a clear, autonomous stand on the ultimate tragedy of war, and on the destruction which it brings about. John Huston established his reputation as an important Hollywood personality in 1941 following his debut as a film director with the now clas sic Maltese Falcon. The following year, as the United States became more engaged in the world conflict, he joined the Signal Corps, a body ofthe U.S. Army specialized in film and photographic documentation ofwar. In his au tobiography, written several years later, Huston admitted that he did not pay much attention to the enlisting papers given to him by his friend Sy Bartlett. Therefore, when the call came from the Army to report to duty he was rather surprised (Huston 111-2). At the time Huston was a 37-year old man with a promising career in front of him. Busily working on his next film, Across the Pacific, a sequel of sorts to the successful Maltese Falcon, the prospect of direct involvement in the war must have seemed quite foreign to him. -
Columbia Filmcolumbia Is Grateful to the Following Sponsors for Their Generous Support
O C T O B E R 1 8 – 2 7 , 2 0 1 9 20 TH ANNIVERSARY FILM COLUMBIA FILMCOLUMBIA IS GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT BENEFACTOR EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS 20 TH PRODUCERS FILM COLUMBIA FESTIVAL SPONSORS MEDIA PARTNERS OCTOBER 18–27, 2019 | CHATHAM, NEW YORK Programs of the Crandell Theatre are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York filmcolumbia.org State Legislature. 5 VENUES AND SCHEDULE 9 CRANDELL THEATRE VENUES AND SCHEDULE 11 20th FILMCOLUMBIA CRANDELL THEATRE 48 Main Street, Chatham 13 THE FILMS á Friday, October 18 56 PERSONNEL 1:00pm ADAM (page 15) 56 DONORS 4:00pm THE ICE STORM (page 15) á Saturday, October 19 74 ORDER TICKETS 12:00 noon DRIVEWAYS (page 16) 2:30pm CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (page 17) á Sunday, October 20 11:00am QUEEN OF HEARTS: AUDREY FLACK (page 18) 1:00pm GIVE ME LIBERTY (page 18 3:30pm THE VAST OF NIGHT (page 19) 5:30pm ZOMBI CHILD (page 19) 7:30pm FRANKIE + DESIGN IN MIND: ON LOCATION WITH JAMES IVORY (short) (page 20) á Monday, October 21 11:30am THE TROUBLE WITH YOU (page 21) 1:30pm SYNONYMS (page 21) 4:00pm VARDA BY AGNÈS (page 22) 6:30pm SORRY WE MISSED YOU (page 22) 8:30pm PARASITE (page 23) á Tuesday, October 22 12:00 noon ICE ON FIRE (page 24) 2:00pm SOUTH MOUNTAIN (page 24) 4:00pm CUNNINGHAM (page 25) 6:00pm THE CHAMBERMAID (page 26) 8:15pm THE SONG OF NAMES (page 27) á Wednesday, October 23 11:30am SEW THE WINTER TO MY SKIN (page 28) 2:00pm MICKEY AND THE BEAR (page 28) 3:45pm CLEMENCY (page 29) 6:00pm -
Teaching Post-Mao China Not Connected
RESOURCES FILM REVIEW ESSAY documentary style with which filmmaker Zhang Yimou is normally Teaching Post-Mao China not connected. This style—long shots of city scenes filled with people Two Classic Films and a subdued color palette—contribute to the viewer’s understand - ing of life in China in the early 1990s. The village scenes could be By Melisa Holden from anytime in twentieth century China, as the extent of moderniza - tion is limited. For example, inside peasants’ homes, viewers see Introduction steam spewing from characters’ mouths because of the severe cold The Story of Qiu Ju and Beijing Bicycle are two films that have been and lack of central heating. However, when Qiu Ju travels to the ur - used in classrooms since they were produced (1992 and 2001, respec - banized areas, it becomes obvious that the setting is the late twentieth tively). Today, these films are still relevant to high school and under - century. The film was shot only a couple of years after the Tiananmen graduate students studying history, literature, and related courses Square massacre in 1989. Zhang’s previous two films ( Ju Dou and about China, as they offer a picture of the grand scale of societal Raise the Red Lantern ) had been banned in China, but with The Story change that has happened in China in recent decades. Both films il - of Qiu Ju , Zhang depicts government officials in a positive light, lustrate contemporary China and the dichotomy between urban and therefore earning the Chinese government’s endorsement. One feels rural life there. The human issues presented transcend cultural an underlying tension through Qiu Ju’s search for justice, as if it is not boundaries and, in the case of Beijing Bicycle , feature young charac - only justice for her husband’s injured body and psyche, but also jus - ters that are the age of US students, allowing them to further relate to tice supposedly found through democracy. -
Catalogue 1949-1987
Penguin Specials 1949-1987 for his political activities and first became M.P. for West Fife in 1935. S156-S383 Penguin Specials. Before the war, when books could be produced quickly, we used to publish S156 1949 The case for Communism. volumes of topical interest as Penguin Specials. William Gallacher We are now able to resume this policy of Specially written for and first published in stimulating public interest in current problems Penguin Books February 1949 and controversies, and from time to time we pp. [vi], [7], 8-208. Inside front cover: About this shall issue books which, like this one, state the Book. Inside rear cover: note about Penguin case for some contemporary point of view. Other Specials [see below] volumes pleading a special cause or advocating a Printers: The Philips Park Press, C.Nicholls and particular solution of political, social and Co. Ltd, London, Manchester, Reading religious dilemmas will appear at intervals in this Price: 1/6d. new series of post-war Penguin Specials ... Front cover: New Series Number One. ... As publishers we have no politics. Some time ago S157 1949 I choose peace. K. Zilliacus we invited a Labour M.P. and a Conservative Specially written for and first published in M.P. to affirm the faith and policy of the two Penguin Books October 1949 principal parties and they did so in two books - pp. [x], [11], 12-509, [510] blank + [2]pp. ‘Labour Marches On’, by John Parker M.P., and adverts. for Penguin Books. Inside front cover ‘The Case for Conservatism’, by Quintin Hogg, [About this Book]. -
Four Hundred Years of American Life and Culture: a List of Titles at the Library of Congress
Four Hundred Years of American Life and Culture: A List of Titles at the Library of Congress Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................2 Colonial America ....................................................................3 Farm and Frontier ...................................................................14 Cowboys and Ranchers ..............................................................25 Gold Rush ........................................................................33 Washington, D.C. ...................................................................38 Drink ............................................................................52 Medicine .........................................................................58 Currency ..........................................................................66 Language .........................................................................71 Women ...........................................................................80 African Americans ..................................................................83 Asian Immigrants ...................................................................90 Hispanic Immigrants ................................................................94 Jewish Immigrants .................................................................102 German Immigrants ................................................................106 Scandinavian Immigrants ............................................................109 -
Mainstream Cinema As a Tool for China's Soft Power
Master’s Degree programme in Languages, Economics and Institutions of Asia and North Africa “Second Cycle (D.M. 270/2004)” Final Thesis Mainstream cinema as a tool for China’s soft power Supervisor Ch. Prof. Federico Alberto Greselin Assistant supervisor Ch. Prof. Tiziano Vescovi Graduand Alessia Forner Matriculation Number 846622 Academic Year 2017 / 2018 To the two stars that have guided me from above TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction 5 Chapter one: Soft power: a general overview and the beginning of China’s soft power era 7 1.1 Joseph Nye’s definition of soft power 7 1.2 Culture: the core of soft power 10 1.3 The entry of the concept of soft power in China and its translations 12 1.4 Hu Jintao’s speech at the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and China’s first steps towards its soft power strategy 14 Chapter two: China’s focus on cultural soft power and the Chinese film industry 19 2.1 China’s investments in the film industry and films as a soft power resource 19 2.2 The situation of the Chinese film industry in the 1980s and 1990s: is Hollywood China’s lifeline? 26 2.3 Main melody films and the correlation with the China dream (( : taking the documentary Amazing China ()() and the film American Dreams in China (() as an example 32 2.4 Focus on the film Wolf Warrior II II) : a successful soft power strategy 56 Chapter three: Sino-US collaborations 65 3.1 Hollywood and China: same bed, different dreams 65 3.2 The different types of collaborations between China and Hollywood 69 3.3 Is China changing Hollywood? 78 -
66-3392 KOGINOS, Emmanuel Theodore, 1933— the PANAY INCIDENT: PRELUDE to WAR. the American University, Ph.D„ 1966 History
66-3392 KOGINOS, Emmanuel Theodore, 1933— THE PANAY INCIDENT: PRELUDE TO WAR. The American University, Ph.D„ 1966 History, modern Please note: Author also indicates first name as Manny on the title page. University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan Copyright by EMMANUEL THEODORE KOGINOS 1966 THE PANAY INCIDENT: PRELUDE TO WAR by y $anny)T^Koginos Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The American University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History Signatures of Committee: f A Vk 0 Chairman: O* lOctMr**- /~) y\ 7 ■ * Graduate Dean: Date: 2 7./9CS- Thewf^Mna?nnUnnVerSity AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Washington, D. C. LIBRARY ffOV 8 1965 WASHINGTON. D.C. TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE i CHAPTER Page I. Diplomatic Background .......... 1 II. The Crisis ............. hi III. The Settlement ........ 101 IV. The Ludlow Referendum............ 150 V. Naval Expansion ............. 190 VI. Conclusion........................... 2k2 BIBLIOGRAPHY....................... ....250 APPENDICES ........................................ 267 PREFACE The Panav incident in retrospect was the most dramatic single event in Japanese-American relations during the 1930's. i-.-. The attack upon the American gunboat in December, 1937 by Japanese forces contributed greatly to the general deterior ation and eventual breakdown in American-Japanese diplomatic relations. Though the immediate impact of the incident did not result in any radical departure from America's isola tionist position, it did modify American opinion in respect to foreign and domestic affairs. Indeed, pacifist influ ence was to reach its highest crest during the Panav epi sode. At the same time, the crisis vividly dramatized America's unwillingness to pursue a more positive policy in the Far East. -
The London School of Economics and Political Science a Neoliberalizing
The London School of Economics and Political Science A neoliberalizing Chinese cinema: political economy of the Chinese film industry in post-WTO China Xiaoxi Zhu A thesis submitted to the Department of Media and Communications of the London School of Economics for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy London, March 2019 1 Declaration I certify that the thesis I have presented for examination for the MPhil/PhD degree of the London School of Economics and Political Science is solely my own work other than where I have clearly indicated that it is the work of others (in which case the extent of any work carried out jointly by me and any other person is clearly identified in it). The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. Quotation from it is permitted, provided that full acknowledgement is made. This thesis may not be reproduced without my prior written consent. I warrant that this authorisation does not, to the best of my belief, infringe the rights of any third party. I declare that my thesis consists of 71012 words. 2 Abstract This thesis aims to investigate the industry restructuration of the Chinese film industry in the context of China integrating into the global neoliberal capitalist system since its WTO entry in 2002. By interrogating the power dynamics between the Party-state, domestic capital and transnational media capital, this thesis explores respective roles each of the three stakeholders have played in shaping the commercialization and marketization of the Chinese film industry. Methodically, this thesis primarily relies on elite interviews with industry professionals, together with critical discourse analysis of one key policy document, and secondary data collected from news outlets, trade publications, industry reports, etc. -
Films Shown by Series
Films Shown by Series: Fall 1999 - Winter 2006 Winter 2006 Cine Brazil 2000s The Man Who Copied Children’s Classics Matinees City of God Mary Poppins Olga Babe Bus 174 The Great Muppet Caper Possible Loves The Lady and the Tramp Carandiru Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the God is Brazilian Were-Rabbit Madam Satan Hans Staden The Overlooked Ford Central Station Up the River The Whole Town’s Talking Fosse Pilgrimage Kiss Me Kate Judge Priest / The Sun Shines Bright The A!airs of Dobie Gillis The Fugitive White Christmas Wagon Master My Sister Eileen The Wings of Eagles The Pajama Game Cheyenne Autumn How to Succeed in Business Without Really Seven Women Trying Sweet Charity Labor, Globalization, and the New Econ- Cabaret omy: Recent Films The Little Prince Bread and Roses All That Jazz The Corporation Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Shaolin Chop Sockey!! Human Resources Enter the Dragon Life and Debt Shaolin Temple The Take Blazing Temple Blind Shaft The 36th Chamber of Shaolin The Devil’s Miner / The Yes Men Shao Lin Tzu Darwin’s Nightmare Martial Arts of Shaolin Iron Monkey Erich von Stroheim Fong Sai Yuk The Unbeliever Shaolin Soccer Blind Husbands Shaolin vs. Evil Dead Foolish Wives Merry-Go-Round Fall 2005 Greed The Merry Widow From the Trenches: The Everyday Soldier The Wedding March All Quiet on the Western Front The Great Gabbo Fires on the Plain (Nobi) Queen Kelly The Big Red One: The Reconstruction Five Graves to Cairo Das Boot Taegukgi Hwinalrmyeo: The Brotherhood of War Platoon Jean-Luc Godard (JLG): The Early Films,