International Film Series Fall Schedule
SALISBURY, MD--Salisbury University’s International Films Series focuses this semester on movies from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan. The series is selected and organized by Dr. Jim Welsh. “I like what these films say about life in very turbulent times,” he said. “My feeling is, if a film works, it doesn’t matter what culture it comes from.” All are in Chinese with subtitles. October 8-- Yellow Earth (director: Chen Kaige, PRC, 1984) The landmark film of China’s “Fifth Generation,” Yellow Earth is the story of a young Red Army soldier studying in a small village in 1937 who changes the life of a young woman. This was the first film by the director of Farewell to My Concubine. October 15-- A Time to Live, A Time to Die (director: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan, 1985) This depiction of childhood and adolescence won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. October 29-- Good Men, Good Women (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1995) The final film of Hou’s trilogy traces the modern history of Taiwan through the life of a film actress. It was named Best Film at the Hawaii Film Festival. November 12 --The Puppetmaster (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1993) Based on the memoirs of 84-year old Li Tien-lu, Taiwan’s celebrated puppeteer and official “national treasure.” According to J. Hoberman of the Village Voice, it is Hou’s greatest film. November 26--The Emperor’s Shadow (Zhou Xiaowen, PRC, 1996) The most expensive film ever made in China, this opulent spectacle is a saga of two boyhood friends at the dawn of China’s dynastic history (circa 200 B.C.). One becomes emperor and the other a celebrated musician. December 3--Yi Yi (A One and a Two , Edward Yang, Taiwan/Japan, 2000) A comedy centered on a “typical” Taipei family, Yi Yi was named Best Film of the Year by both A.O. Scott of the New York Times and Susan Sontag of Artforum, and Best Foreign Film by both the New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. David Ansen of Newsweek called the film “Rich, funny, enormously humane.” Alll screenings are Mondays at 7 p.m. in Fulton Hall Auditorium (Room 111). Admission is free and the public is invited. For more information call 410-543-6271 or visit the SU Web site at >