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We are used to the fact that an artist, being representative of a given culture, will use that tradition, the patterns of native painting and visual symbolic representation as a resource and inspiration in his or her film making. However a problem arises, when we consider the relationship between art coming from 'different' cultural sphere and Western culture, where the art of film making was born. The authoress writes about the incompatibility of the traditional Chinese system of representation with the system one inherited by film makers, with its roots in the culture of Renaissance. She describes the rules present in Chinese painting (especially landscape painting) and their relation to Tao and Confucianism, and then considers whether these rules could be applied in film making.
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A book review of Alicja Helman's Hues of Red (Odcienie czerwieni, 2010). The book presents the work of one of the greatest Chinese and Asian film directors - Zhang Yimou. Helman in her analysis and interpretations of the director's work, also presents the social and historical backdrop to his work. She devotes a lot of effort in describing cultural, social and economic transformations that took place during the last few decades in China. Helman places Zhang Yimou's work in the wider context of the history of the Chinese cinema and Chinese art. At the same time she does not neglect the important matter of detailed analysis Zhang Yimou's aesthetic, that defines the Chinese director's status as an author.
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