MCLC: Asian Film Forum

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Fu, Ping <PFu at towson.edu>
Subject: Asian Film Forum
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The University of Baltimore holds its 2nd Asian Film Forum.

Second Annual Asian Film Forum: Chinese Reflections of Art in Film
May 3, 2013

Time: 2:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Student Center - Wright Theater
Contact Name: Kathryn Kelley
Contact Phone: 410-837-5323
Contact E-mail: kkelley at ubalt.edu
The University of Baltimore
1420 N. Charles St.,
Baltimore, MD 21201

The 8 Model Works  (dir. Yan Ting Yuen, 2005)

During the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), the Chinese Communist Party
banned performance of the Peking opera with the stories of emperors and
concubines as the party viewed such contents were corrupting the Chinese
mind. Instead, the party created and distributed model operas that
followed the only ³correct² way of doing art, i.e. inspiring revolutionary
spirits to the mass. Eight model operas of the Cultural Revolution were
the topic of Yang Ban Xi: The 8 Model Works. In focusing on pervasive,
party-endorsed, one and only ³correct² form of performance art, the film
draws our attention to the relations between ideology and art and asks a
critical question, ³who defines  art?²

Farewell My Concubine (dir. Chen Kaige, 1993)

Winner of the 1993 Palme d¹Or Award at the Cannes Film festival and
numerous international film awards, Chen Kaige¹s Farewell My Concubine
spans more than fifty years in the lives of two men at the Peking
(Beijing) Opera and the woman who comes between them. In the process of
telling its romantic tale, it incorporates major events in modern Chinese
history in the first half of the 20th century. These two stories, a story
of private lives and a story of China¹s historic transformation, are
beautifully and masterfully weaved in this film.

Light Dance Ink Play (dir. Ping Fu, 2011)

This documentary film exhibits Mr. Wang Linux, one of the most noted
Chinese artists in China, and his new exploration in integrating the
elements of western oil painting with the Chinese traditional painting.
The film addresses and responds to an important question of how
extensively a cultural tradition can be reinvented before it is subverted.
The film documents Mr. Wang's artistic activities, his high national and
international profiles, and his reflections on arts and education of arts.