Week 3: 21st July 2017
Zhang Yimou's Not One Less (1999) Wei Minzhi playing as Wei Minzhi (Sub Teacher)
Wei Minzhi with her students
Last week during my Media Appreciation class,we watched this Chinese film called Not One Less.I don't really watch any foreign/non-English movies because sometimes when I do want to watch one,it's either not available on Youtube,or they don't have it on Torrent websites.But I was given the opportunity to watch this masterpiece made by Zhang Yimou.This movie shows that a teacher would do anything and I mean ANYTHING to get his student back from the city.Doesn't matter if you're a permanent teacher or a substitute teacher,this movie really proves the fact that they would do anything for their students success/knowledge.The substitute teacher was told that she couldn't let any of her students leave the school and so she did kept her promise.One of her students was taken to the city for an opportunity of some sort when she specifically did not allow her student to go but her student was forced to.So from a small and countryside of China,she collected money with the help of her other students to go to the city.But as money runs out,she did not back down.She kept her promise to not let any of her students leave,so its a promise she will keep.We were also told to write about the director;Zhang Yimou.Soo here it is..
Zhang Yimou
From his first debut in 1987 with his film Red Sorghum,to winning numerous awards with Best Foreign Film nominations and directing opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games;Zhang Yimou is a Chinese film director,producer,writer,actor and former cinematographer.Zhang Yimou was born on the 2nd of April 1950 in Xi'an,the capital of Shaanxi province in China.Among the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers,he is counted as one of them.
With numerous awards and recognition he has won,and nominations for Best Foreign Film for his movies Ju Dou in 1990,Raise the Red Lantern in 1991 and Hero in 2003.During the Venice Film Festival,he has won the Silver Lion and Golden Lion prizes.He has also won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and also the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.Zhang was a member of the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival jury.And as mentioned before,he has directed the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games.
Words of wisdom/Quotes by Zhang Yimou
"Under
the big political umbrella,a man is just like a leaf in the ocean,with
no control of his destiny and does not have any choice"
"To survive is to win"
"People
have become shallower.They view spending,entertaining,seeking leisure
and enjoying as the main objectives of their life."
These are some of Zhang Yimou's best films of his career as rated by Flickchart.com:-
1.Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
2.Hero (2002)
3.House of Flying Daggers (2004)
4.To Live (1994)
5. Curse of The Golden Flower (2006)
6.The Story of Qiu Ju (1993)
7.The Road Home (1999)
8.The Red Sorghum (1987)
9.Shanghai Triad (1995)
10.Not One Less (1999)
Words of wisdom/Quotes by Zhang Yimou
"Under the big political umbrella,a man is just like a leaf in the ocean,with no control of his destiny and does not have any choice"
"To survive is to win"
"People have become shallower.They view spending,entertaining,seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life."
"Time has changed and now is the age of spending"
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