Memoirs from the Beijing Film Academy ：The Genesis of China’s Fifth Generation ( Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society )

Publication subTitle ：The Genesis of China’s Fifth Generation

Publication series ：Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society

Author： Zhen Ni  

Publisher： Duke University Press‎

Publication year： 2002

E-ISBN: 9780822384175

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780822329701

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780822329565

Subject： K81 Biography;K82 China

Keyword： Beijing dian ying xue yuan -- History., Motion pictures -- China., Motion picture producers and directors -- China -- Biography.

Language： ENG

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Description

After graduating from the Beijing Film Academy in 1982, directors like Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou transformed Chinese cinema with Farewell My Concubine, Yellow Earth, Raise the Red Lantern, and other international successes. Memoirs from the Beijing Film Academy tells the riveting story of this class of 1982, China’s famous "Fifth Generation" of filmmakers. It is the first insider’s account of this renowned cohort to appear in English. Covering these directors’ formative experiences during China’s tumultuous Cultural Revolution and later at the Beijing Film Academy, Ni Zhen—who was both their screenwriter and teacher—provides unique insights into the origins of the Fifth Generation’s creativity. Drawing on his personal knowledge and interviews conducted especially for this volume, Ni Zhen demonstrates the diversity of the Fifth Generation. He comments on the breadth of styles and themes explored by its members and introduces a range of male and female directors, cinematographers, and production designers famous in China but less well-known internationally. The book contains vivid descriptions of the production processes of two pioneering films—One and Eight and Yellow Earth.

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CONTENTS

CONTENTS

CONTENTS

Translator’s Introduction

Translator’s Introduction

Translator’s Introduction

Preface to the English Edition

Preface to the English Edition

Preface to the English Edition

Chapter One: Admission

Chapter One: Admission

Chapter One: Admission

Chapter Two: Noses to the Grindstone

Chapter Two: Noses to the Grindstone

Chapter Two: Noses to the Grindstone

Chapter Three: First Steps

Chapter Three: First Steps

Chapter Three: First Steps

Chapter Four: Graduation

Chapter Four: Graduation

Chapter Four: Graduation

Postscript

Postscript

Postscript

Character List for Chinese Names

Character List for Chinese Names

Character List for Chinese Names

Chinese Film Title List

Chinese Film Title List

Chinese Film Title List

Notes

Notes

Notes

Index

Index

Index

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