{"id":317,"date":"2017-04-10T15:35:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T22:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whitetigersb.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=317"},"modified":"2017-04-10T15:36:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T22:36:25","slug":"film-art-set-in-times-of-chaos-chinese-martial-arts-films","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/jurus.net\/whitetigersouthbay\/event\/film-art-set-in-times-of-chaos-chinese-martial-arts-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Art Set in Times of Chaos: Chinese Martial Arts Films"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Speakers: Richard Pe\u00f1a, Jim Zhang, Annette Juliano, Morris Rossabi, Raymond Tsang
\nPer Screening: Free for all Members\/$5 Non-Members
\nLocation: 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10006<\/h5>\n

This five-week film series is dedicated to classics of wuxia<\/em>, China\u2019s heroic stories of martial arts and swordplay, and accompanies China Institute\u2019s exhibition Art in a Time of Chaos: Masterworks from Six Dynasties China, 3rd \u2013 6th Centuries<\/em>. Directed by guiding lights of Chinese cinema \u2014 King Hu, Zhang Yimou, John Woo, Feng Xiaogang, and Tsui Hark \u2013 each film is set in a different dynastic period, during a time of chaos marked by immense change. The screenings will be introduced by a distinguished scholar and will feature accompanying contextual materials written by series curator Nancy Jervis.<\/p>\n

For questions or to register by phone, please contact Aaron Nicholson at 212-744-8181 ext. 138 or by email at anicholson@chinainstitute.org.<\/p>\n

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Dragon Inn<\/em><\/h4>\n

Directed by King Hu (1967)<\/strong>
\nThursday, February 16, 2017 at 6:30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduced by Richard Pe\u00f1a, Director Emeritus of the New York Film Festival; Professor of Cinema Studies at Columbia University<\/p>\n

Set in the Ming Dynasty (1368\u20131644 CE), Dragon Inn laid the foundations for many of the archetypes of wuxia films. Featuring masterful compositions by cinematographer Hua Hui-ying, Hu\u2019s film contains a sequence of increasingly spectacular set pieces. A Blu-ray of the recently restored print by Janus Films, created from the original negative, will be screened. Register Now!<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hero<\/em><\/h4>\n

Directed by Zhang Yimou (2002)<\/strong>
\nWednesday, February 22, 2017 at 6:30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduced by Jim Zhang, Instructor of Chinese and Chinese film, Queens College and China Institute.<\/p>\n

Hero<\/em> is set in the Qin Dynasty (221 to 206 BCE), and is a tale of two female assassins. The film received considerable critical acclaim upon its release, and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 2003 Academy Awards. Register Now!<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Red Cliff<\/em><\/h4>\n

Directed by John Woo (2009) <\/strong>
\nThursday, March 2, 2017 at 6:30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduced by Annette Juliano, Professor of Asian Art and History, Rutgers University \u2013 Newark; Guest Co-Curator of Art in a Time of Chaos: Masterworks from Six Dynasties China, 3rd-6th Centuries<\/em>, China Institute.<\/p>\n

John Woo\u2019s Red Cliff<\/em> was inspired by the Battle of Red Cliffs (208\u2013209 CE), which marked the last days of China\u2019s culturally seminal Han dynasty and the transition to the Three Kingdoms Period. Register Now!<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Legend of the Black Scorpion<\/em><\/h4>\n

Directed by Feng Xiaogang (2006)
\nThursday, March 9, 2017 at 6:30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduced by Morris Rossabi, Senior Scholar and Adjunct Professor, Columbia University; Distinguished Professor of History, CUNY Queens College<\/p>\n

Legend of the Black Scorpion<\/em> combines elements from two immortal Western plays\u2014William Shakespeare\u2019s Hamlet and Henrik Ibsen\u2019s Ghosts<\/em>\u2014to create a Chinese tale of intrigue set in the Tang Dynasty (618\u2013907 CE). Register Now!<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Once Upon a Time in China<\/em><\/h4>\n

Directed by Tsui Hark (1991)
\nThursday, March 16, 2017 at 6:30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduced by Raymond Tsang, Doctoral Candidate in Cinema Studies at New York University.<\/p>\n

A distinctive update of a renowned tale: the life of the great physician and martial artist Wong Fei Hung (1847-1924). Set in the latter years of Qing Dynasty (1644 to 1912), the film depicts the crime-ridden and semi-colonialized city of Guangdong. Register Now!<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This film series is sponsored by a Humanities New York Action Grant, with additional support from the Confucius Institute at China Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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