Modern Fortress Besieged (现代围城) & Pai Gu (排骨)

Modern Fortress Besieged (现代围城) & Pai Gu (排骨)

Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Auditorium (Room 101), Henry R. Luce Hall See map
34 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 6511

Both films have English subtitles. Free and open to the public.

Modern Fortress Besieged
Directed by Zhou Ye and Lu Ming, 2006 (45 min.)

Marriage is like a fortress besieged: those who are outside want to get in, and those who are inside want to get out. Set in Shanghai in 2006, this film traces the stories of the “fortress besieged” that is marriage and the people who get in and out the fortress. How does the modern business fortress influence and change people’s attitudes on marriage?

周叶,鹿敏《现代围城》 45 minutes, 2006

婚姻是座围城,城里的人想出去,城外的人想进来。本片以2006年的上海为背景,在这座国际化的大都市中寻找现代围城的故事和进进出出的人们。在充斥着商业的现代都市,人们的婚姻情感发生着怎样的变化,又是什么影响和改变了人们对待婚姻的态度。

Pai Gu
Directed by Gaoming Liu, 2005 (106 min.)

The film focuses on a junior high school graduate named Pai Gu. He is from Jiangxi Province and sells pirated DVDs in Shenzhen to make a living. Pai Gu only sells “artistic films” and knows a tremendous amount about the filmmakers and their best films. However, he has never seen one. Pai Gu says that he possibly would not understand the films because of his poor educational background. He is more interested in those which reflect an average person’s everyday life. He likes soap operas, popular film stars, music, and pretty girls. While he has always expected romance in his life, he also tries to convince himself that people like him, who came from village without any educational background, have no chance to win true love.

刘高明《排骨》 106 minutes, 2005

在全球化的经济浪潮中,中国在飞速发展。排骨和许多人一样,纷纷从农村走向城市,去寻找属于自已的发展机会。排骨,江西人,初中毕业。在深圳和朋友合伙卖翻版DVD,而且卖的全是艺术电影。排骨非常喜欢电影,他知道世界上很多电影大师和他们的作品,可是他说他从来都没看过,因为看不懂,所以也不想看。他喜欢看马大帅(搞笑电视剧)和周星驰,他喜欢听两只蝴蝶(2005红遍中国的网络流行歌曲)。他说,他还喜欢看漂亮的女孩。排骨是个很矛盾的人,他渴望爱情,但坚持地认为象他这种层次的人(他认定象他这种层次的人是包括没有什幺文化、农民出身的所有的人),是没有爱情的。

Fall 2006 Chinese Documentary Film Series – Showcasing Films from REC Foundation’s REEL CHINA Biennial Film Festival

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