it is very interesting to observe new Chinese movies....the echoes of economical development in the urban china are heard in the new generation Chinese movies.....urban based...technological overstatements...visual effects... many of the new Chinese movies are over filled with dreams of a country to reach the top of the world....
But u can also see another trend in Chinese movies..... The film makers who are interested to make meaningful films turned their canvas towards rural china... They are mainly concerned with the rise of inequities in the new development paradigm. Along with the self critical evaluation of the society, we can also see the nostalgic exploration of the past, retelling the stories of heroes who were committed towards the society. But there is no soft corner towards the earlier mistakes like Cultural Revolution. Realistic elements of cinema were rediscovered... simple and direct story narrations... issue based but with lot of human elements.... individual suffering in the context of social changes......nature becomes a major character in the film.....
So we can see a direct conflict with these streams in modern Chinese film industry. Interestingly the STATE is promoting both kind of films....may be to keep up the "development mania" in the first case and not to lose all the human values in the era of development in the second case.
The second stream has produced a number of heart touching films of our time. Some of such films are
But u can also see another trend in Chinese movies..... The film makers who are interested to make meaningful films turned their canvas towards rural china... They are mainly concerned with the rise of inequities in the new development paradigm. Along with the self critical evaluation of the society, we can also see the nostalgic exploration of the past, retelling the stories of heroes who were committed towards the society. But there is no soft corner towards the earlier mistakes like Cultural Revolution. Realistic elements of cinema were rediscovered... simple and direct story narrations... issue based but with lot of human elements.... individual suffering in the context of social changes......nature becomes a major character in the film.....
So we can see a direct conflict with these streams in modern Chinese film industry. Interestingly the STATE is promoting both kind of films....may be to keep up the "development mania" in the first case and not to lose all the human values in the era of development in the second case.
The second stream has produced a number of heart touching films of our time. Some of such films are
1) Getting Home (2007, Dir: Zhang Yang)
2) Still Life (2006, Jia Zhang Ke)
3) Courthouse on Horseback (2006, Dir: Lifu Wang)
4) The story of Xiano Yan (2004, Dir: Gangliang Fang)
5) The Road Home (2000, Dir: Zhang Yimou)
6) Not one less (1999, Dir: Zhang Yimou)
7) Going To School With Dad on My Back (1997, Dir: Youchao Zhou)
2) Still Life (2006, Jia Zhang Ke)
3) Courthouse on Horseback (2006, Dir: Lifu Wang)
4) The story of Xiano Yan (2004, Dir: Gangliang Fang)
5) The Road Home (2000, Dir: Zhang Yimou)
6) Not one less (1999, Dir: Zhang Yimou)
7) Going To School With Dad on My Back (1997, Dir: Youchao Zhou)
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