FILM 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Zhang Yimou, Classical Hollywood Cinema, Flying Daggers
15 Feb 2018
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The more literal translation of the chinese title is: "ambush from ten sides. " A chinese blockbuster movie, partly filmed in ukraine and with postproduction done in. Australia, with actors from china, taiwan, and hong kong. Taiwanese director king hu"s classic a touch of zen (hong kong, 1971) and the. Japanese movies about the blind swordsman zatoichi, as well as the success of taiwanese director ang lee"s crouching tiger, hidden dragon (2000). A fairy tale and a period drama. The historic background is the tang dynasty (618-907) often regarded as the high point in the history of imperial. A martial arts film, building on the genre wuxia pian, "films of heroic chivalry. " Simple story and plot, complex treatment and rich stylistic design. Loose plotting and dramaturgy, the story is a pretext for a number of spectacular fight scenes (a modern type of "cinema of attraction") and intense love scenes with much pathos.
