MCLC: Down: Indie Rock in the PRC

Denton, Kirk denton.2 at osu.edu
Sun Dec 4 14:19:23 EST 2011


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From: Andrew Field <shanghaidrew at gmail.com>
Subject: Down: Indie Rock in the PRC
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Source: 流行音乐研究的博客 (12/4/11):
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7d21ecd80100x6gp.html


 
放映Andrew Field和Jud Willmont拍摄的纪录片《Down: Indie Rock in the PRC》(50
分钟,中英字幕)
导演Andrew Field和著名乐评人张晓舟会到场与观众交流
时间:2011年12月16日 周五 19:00~21:00
地点:Cafe Heaven北京 海淀 成府路 蓝旗营69号配套公建F区2楼(近文津酒店)
 

中国流行音乐研究小组博客:http://blog.sina.com.cn/liuxingyinyueyanjiu

 
摘要
《Down》一片(52分钟,有中英文字幕)聚焦于锋芒毕露的女主唱抗猫所率领的硬核摇滚乐
队SUBS,同样也展示了另外几支代表着日益繁盛的中国独立摇滚景象
的乐队,记录了这些乐队充满抗争的音乐旅程。从北京、武汉地下俱乐部挥汗如雨的昏暗
后台到大型户外演出,以及北京、上海、湖南的摇滚音乐节,《Down》呈现出
中国独立摇滚演出最为火爆的一面。制片人和解说安德鲁·戴维·费尔德带领观众一路见
证疾速变化的中国,他访谈了乐队成员、音乐推广者以及摇滚演出场所经营者,他
们致力于将自己的音乐和信念带给全国乃至全世界更多的听众。《Down》的背景设置在
当下中国,影片捕捉到具有才华的中国青年抗拒来自社会的阻力、为自己的生活
方式寻找出路的情形。它触及到了青年的特立独行和艺术表达自由这样的普遍主题,同样
也揭示出音乐将人们凝聚在一起的力量。

 
Focusing on the hardcore rock band SUBS led by the outspoken female singer
Kang Mao, but also featuring several other bands in China's growing indie
rock scene, Down (52 min. with English and Chinese subtitles) documents
these bands and their struggles to make music in the PRC. From the sweaty
stages of dark underground clubs in Beijing and Wuhan to huge outdoor
concerts and rock festivals in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hunan, Down features
some of the hottest indie rock bands performing in the PRC. Filmmaker and
narrator Andrew David Field takes viewers on a journey through a rapidly
changing China, interviewing band members, music promoters, and rock club
owners hellbent on bringing their music and their message to a bigger
audience in China and around the world. Set in the context of contemporary
China, Down highlights the disenchantment of talented Chinese youths
resisting the tug of mainstream society as they make their own pathways
through life. It touches on universal themes of youthful alienation and
freedom of artistic expression, while also highlighting the power of music
to bring people together.

website 网
站:http://shanghaijournal.squarespace.com/down-indie-rock-in-the-prc/
movie teaser 预告片: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjM3ODIyNjky.html

导演简历
Andrew David Field长期定居上海,身兼历史学家、教师和中国研究专家等多重身份,
《海上狐步——都市的夜艳文明与辖治,1919-1954
》,《上海夜景——创造一个夜间都市》等书的作者或作者之一。他目前是纽约大学上海分
部的兼职教授,开设“现当代中国史”、“毛时期的中国”、“全球夜生
活”(一项关于东京、上海、纽约、巴黎这四座世界城市从19世纪末到20世纪末的比较文
化史研究)等课程。

 
Andrew David Field, long-term Shanghai resident, historian, teacher, and
scholar of Chinese studies, author of Shanghai's Dancing World:  Cabaret
Culture and Urban Politics, 1919-1954 (Chinese University Press, 2010) and
co-author of Shanghai Nightscapes:  The Making of a Nighttime Metropolis,
1910-2010 (forthcoming from University of Chicago Press). He is currently
Adjunct Professor, New York University in Shanghai, where he teaches
courses on “Modern Chinese History” , “China Under Mao” and “Global
Nightlife” (a comparative cultural history of Tokyo, Shanghai, New York,
and Paris focusing on the nighttime entertainment cultures of these four
world cities, from late 19th century to late 20th century).



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