This the link of the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q0M8EvUkTU
This is the information about the author:http://sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/jia/
- Please discuss four or more characteristics of sixth generation film and/or film makers and comment on how they see themselves as distinct from fifth generation film makers. (based on reading in Chinese National Cinema, pp. 289-91) Do you see any of these characteristics in Jia Zhangke’s Still Life? Based on your own experience viewing fifth and sixth generation films, how do you think they compare to one another?
- According to Shelly Kracier, how does Jia develop the film's narrative? What are the preoccupations of Jia’s camera, and how does his camera move? Also, how does Kracier interpret the symbols Jia uses in the film, and what is unique about the HD images he uses? What is the relationship between documentary and fiction in the film? (based on Shelly Kraicer, “Chinese Wasteland: Jia Zhangke’s Still Life," available online at Canvas under the link for "Still Life")
Please write 1-2 pages (more is also welcome) in response to the above questions.
Optional Bonus (You can either upload with your homework or email me in a separate attachment.)
Please read pp. 100 to 118 of Li "Home and Nation in Rubble," which you can find online under the link for Still Life, and write a page or more in response to the following questions:
- According to Li, what four similarities and what differences exist between Li Bai's poem and Jia Zhangke's filmic representation of the Three Gorges?
- Why did Jia incorporate the young boy who sings in the film?
- How does Li interpret Jia's use of the four "still life" objects of liquor, tea, cigarettes, and coffee?