Ludzie w drodze: Artyści ludowi

• Authors: Helman Alicja

Title variants

EN

Travelling People: the Drum Singers

Abstracts

EN

The author interprets – an often neglected film by Tian Zhuangzhuang (1987). The movie was made soon after poor reception of the director’s two avant-garde works, when he decided to complete several mainstream projects. Tian Zhuangzhuang himself did not really care about them too much. However, the author of the article discovers that the movie The Drum Singers, adapted from a novel by the outstanding writer Lao She, includes elements of the director’s mature style and also several of his favourite subjects. The author’s aim is to rediscover this forgot-ten masterpiece and discuss its artistic qualities.

Keywords

EN

Chinese cinema; V Generation; folk artists; adaptation; family

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Media – Kultura – Komunikacja Społeczna
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 10/2
• Pages: 124-137

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Helman Alicja

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński

References

• Clark P., Reinventing China. V Generation and Its Films, Hong Kong 2005.
• Lao S., The Drum Singers, tłum. H. Kuo, New York 1952.
• Tian Zhuangzhuang: Stealing Horses and Flying Kites, w: M. Berry, Speaking in Images. Interviews with Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers, New York 2005.
• Yang P., A Director Who is Trying to Change the Audience: A Chat with Young Director Tian Zhuangzhuang, w: Chinese Cinema, red. Ch. Berry, London 1991.