Films and videorecordings
China: A Century of Revolution [1911-1949] Part 1The story of how China was torn apart by domestic and foreign forces, and transformed into the largest Communist state.
Zhu fu [videorecording] = New Year's Sacrifice by Call Number: PN1997 .C4552 1956 (Watson Reserve)Publication Date: Los Angeles: China Film Import & Export (L.A.) ; Millbrae, Calif. : Nan Hai Co., [1990?]Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.
Xiang nü Xiaoxiao [videorecording] = A girl from Hunan. by Call Number: PN1997 .X535 1998 (Watson Reserve)Publication Date: Millbrae, Calif. : Meiguo Nan Hai you xian gong si, [1998?]The film is adapted from the novel "Xiaoxiao" by writer Shen Congwen.
Luo tuo Xiangzi [videorecording] = Rickshaw boy by Call Number: DVD PL2804.C5 L624 1982Publication Date: [Beijing Shi] : Zhong ying yin xiang chu ban she ; [Guangzhou Shi] : Guangzhou qiao jia ren wen hua
Cheng nan jiu shi [videorecording] = My memories of old Beijing by Call Number: PL2878.N13 C424 1982 (Watson Reserve)Publication Date: Los Angeles, CA : China Film Export & Import (distributor), [1983?].
Cha guan [videorecording] = Teahouse by Call Number: PL2804.C5 C524 1982Publication Date: [Los Angeles, Calif.] : China Film Export & Import ; Millbrae, CA : Nan Hai Co. [distributor], [1982Life in a teahouse in Beijing from 1898 to 1945.
Based on the play by Lao She.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982.
Chinese dialogue, English subtitles.
- 黃飛鴻 / 黄飞鸿 (Once Upon a Time in China 1)EGARC collection
Call number: CHIN 0242 - 黃飛鴻之二男兒當自強 (Once Upon a Time in China 2)EGARC Collections
Call # CHIN 0253 - 黃飛鴻之三獅王爭霸 (Once Upon a Time in China 3)EGARC Collection
Call # CHIN 0252 - Zhi qu wei hushan (The Taking of Tiger Mountain) (Trailer) 1:18Link to the IMDB page for Zhi qu wei hushan (The Taking of Tiger Mountain)
Zhi qu Weihu Shan / chu pin Bo na ying ye ji tuan you xian gong si ; Xu Ke dao yan zuo pin = The taking of Tiger Mountain智取威虎山 by Call Number: DVD PL2892.7.B6 L5624 2014Publication Date: 2015
- Jinling shi san chai = The flowers of war (金陵十三钗)To watch this video, you must first install the "Unblock Youku" add-on on either Firefox or Google Chrome.
Understand the Culture Background and History
Wu tai jie mei [videorecording] = Two actresses by Call Number: DVD PN1997 .W73452 1965Publication Date: [Jinan Shi] : Qi Lu dian zi yin xiang chu ban she ; Guangzhou Shi : Guangzhou qiao jia ren wen hua cAlso known as: Two stage sisters; Two actresses
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles
Wu ya yu que [videorecording] = Crows and sparrows by Call Number: PN1997 .W7362 1949Publication Date: Los Angeles, CA : China Film Import & Export ; Millbrae, CA : Nan Hai, [1992?]Portrays a dramatic struggle between tenants and landlords on the eve of the Communist revolution.
Released in 1949 as a motion picture.
In Chinese with English subtitles.
Xin nü xing 新女性 [videorecording] by Call Number: DVD PN1997 .X556 2006Silent, with Chinese intertitles. An educated modern woman struggles with marital difficulties, unemployment, health problems, and social pressures.
Zhongguo dang dai dian ying shi, 1977 nian yi lai 中国当代电影史, 1977年以来 by Call Number: PN1993.5.C4 L83 2004ISBN: 9787301070833Publication Date: Beijing Shi : Beijing da xue chu ban she, 2004 北京市 : 北京大学出版社, 2004Through Chinese women's eyes [videorecording] by
Call Number: DVD HQ1767 .T47 1997In Chinese with English voiceover.
Interviews
Return from silence [videorecording] : China’s revolutionary writers by Call Number: PL2277 .R48 1982 (Watson 4th Video Collection)Publication Date: South Burlington, VT : The Annenberg/CPB Collection, c1994, 1982.
Liang di 兩地 [videorecording] = Home in two cities by Call Number: DVD PL2878.N13 Z644 2012Publication Date: Taibei Shi : Mu su mei ti gu fen you xian gong si, [2012]
Chinese Films and Critiques
"The relationship between film and reality makes film criticism not only about film itself, but also an active participant of the society we live in. The meaning of cinema lies outside of cinema. Chinese film critics are more like artistic sociologists: they must on one hand be responsible to the spirit and culture of film, and on the other hand be responsible to the environment they live in." -- Grace Wang from http://www.rogerebert.com/etheriel-musings/chinese-film-criticism-the-rising-of-a-new-wave
More Videorecordings
Ban sheng yuan 半生緣 [videorecording] = Eighteen springs by Call Number: DVD PL2837.E35 B36324 1997ISBN: 7880696296In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles.
Hua hun 畫魂 [videorecording] = La Peintre by Call Number: DVD PN1997 .H78652 1994ISBN: 7880782273In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles. Drama about the life and work of painter Pan Yuliang (1895-1977).
Lust, Caution = Se, jie [videorecording] by Call Number: DVD PN1997.2 .S42 2007 (Watson Reserve)In Mandarin, with optional English, English SDH, French or Spanish subtitles; credits in English and Chinese.
watch it online (accessed 2014-03-14)
The Good earth [videorecording] by Call Number: PS3503.U198 G624 1937ISBN: 0792803825Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video ; [s.l.] : Turner Entertainment Co., c1990.
Xiao’erhei jie hun 小二黑结婚 The Marriage of Young Blacky [videorecording]Call Number: DVD PL2838.S5 X5324 1964ISBN: 7880004998Publication Date: 2004In Mandarin.
The Story of Qiuju = Qiuju da guan si [videorecording] by Call Number: DVD PN1997 .Q28 2000z (Watson Video Collection)Based on the novel "Wan jia su song" by Chen Yuanbin.(In Chinese with optional subtitles in Chinese and English.)
Wild swans [videorecording] by Call Number: HQ1767.5.A3 W54 1993New York, N.Y. : Filmakers Library, [1993]
Films Online
- The True Story of Ah Q-stage play 1/2 (1:10:46)Play without English subtitles. 2009
Director: Yu, Cun, Wen, Xingyu. - The True Story of Ah Q- stage play 2/2 (1:09:55)Stage play. No English subtitles.
- Hua hun (La Peintre) 1/7with English subtitles
- Cha guan (Tea house) 1/2 (1982) 58:23https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYsz_34JFs
- Red sorghum (1987)with English subtitles
- Twenty-TwoAvailable with Netflix subscription