Memoirs from the beijing film acade - my

Informationen zum Autor Zhen Ni Klappentext ""Memoirs from the Beijing Film Academy: The Origins of China's Fifth Generation Filmmakers" brings back memories for me. It tells the true story of how I moved from ignorance to full maturity along with a group of my peers. Everyone faces challenges of some sort in their youth. They become life's most beautiful memories. That means this is not just a book about film, but also a book about human life. Once youth is over it never returns, and so we treasure it in our hearts. Thank you, Professor Ni Zhen, for writing this inspiring book."--Zhang Yimou, director of "Raise the Red Lantern," "Ju Dou," and "Not One Less" Zusammenfassung After graduating from the Beijing Film Academy in 1982! directors like Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou revolutionized Chinese cinema with Red Sorghum! Farewell My Concubine! Yellow Earth! Raise the Red Lantern! and other international successes. This title tells the story of this class of 1982! China's famous "Fifth Generation" of filmmakers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Translator’s Introduction vii Preface to the English Edition xiii 1. Admission 1 2. Noses to the Grindstone 51 3. First Steps 113 4. Graduation 147 Postscript 192 Character List for Chinese Names 201 Chinese Film Title List 207 Notes 213 Index 225

Product details

• Authors: Zhen Ni, Zhen Ni
• Assisted by: Rey Chow (Editor), Chris Berry (Translation)
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.10.2002
• EAN: 9780822329701
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2970-1
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society; Asia-Pacific; Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society; Asia-Pacific; Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Memoiren, Berichte/Erinnerungen, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Biography / Autobiography