http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/08/zhang-yimou-and-state-aesthetics/ Watching China Politics from Cyberspace Sat, 26 May 2012 19:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/08/zhang-yimou-and-state-aesthetics/#comment-2798 Loose Change 9/11 Blog & Home Page » Blog Archive » Beijing Faked Firworks and National Anthem Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:41:07 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=22551#comment-2798 [...] from the interview with Chen Qigang, translated by CDT: Chen Qigang: The first condition was that the director wants the image to be very cute. We selected about ten children… Then we had to choose one from [...] [...] from the interview with Chen Qigang, translated by CDT: Chen Qigang: The first condition was that the director wants the image to be very cute. We selected about ten children… Then we had to choose one from [...]

]]> http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/08/zhang-yimou-and-state-aesthetics/#comment-2752 Zhang Yimou Explains the Opening Ceremony Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:34:37 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=22551#comment-2752 [...] Additional Reading: China Digital Times — Zhang Yimou and State Aesthetics [...] [...] Additional Reading: China Digital Times — Zhang Yimou and State Aesthetics [...]

]]> http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/08/zhang-yimou-and-state-aesthetics/#comment-2744 A(nother) Great Leap Forward? « Venetian Red Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:23:25 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=22551#comment-2744 [...] Zhang Yimou and State Aesthetics [...] [...] Zhang Yimou and State Aesthetics [...]

]]> http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/08/zhang-yimou-and-state-aesthetics/#comment-2739 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony « Stupid Pig’s China Blog Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:16:57 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=22551#comment-2739 [...] it was very Zhang Yimou-ish (Here’s a link to CDT writing about Zhang Yimou’s tastes). I really liked ‘To Live’ and I heard that ‘Dream of Red Whatever’ was [...] [...] it was very Zhang Yimou-ish (Here’s a link to CDT writing about Zhang Yimou’s tastes). I really liked ‘To Live’ and I heard that ‘Dream of Red Whatever’ was [...]

]]> http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/08/zhang-yimou-and-state-aesthetics/#comment-2702 Shijieren Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:56:41 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=22551#comment-2702 I wonder if these writes and film critics have seen any Zhang Yimou movies other than Hero and Curse of the Golden Flower. True, these are lavish extravagant productions, but they dont represent the entire body of his works. Anyone who has seen Not One Less or The Story of Qiu Ju or Happy Times or Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles or Wo de fuqin muqin (I think the English title was My Father, Mother) will know that Zhang is a master of storytelling when it comes to portraying the "real lives of ordinary people". To judge him solely on the basis of Curse of the Golden Flower or Hero is completely flawed. In my view, these critics are way off target... Zhang Yimou cannot be blamed for the national epidemic of governmental excess. I wonder if these writes and film critics have seen any Zhang Yimou movies other than Hero and Curse of the Golden Flower. True, these are lavish extravagant productions, but they dont represent the entire body of his works. Anyone who has seen Not One Less or The Story of Qiu Ju or Happy Times or Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles or Wo de fuqin muqin (I think the English title was My Father, Mother) will know that Zhang is a master of storytelling when it comes to portraying the “real lives of ordinary people”. To judge him solely on the basis of Curse of the Golden Flower or Hero is completely flawed. In my view, these critics are way off target… Zhang Yimou cannot be blamed for the national epidemic of governmental excess.

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