Cinemas of Late and Post-socialism: China and Russia
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Close, contextualized, comparative analysis of major Russian and Mainland Chinese films, fiction and non--fiction, from the mid--1980s to the present. We will examine the films in terms of their formal structures and their reception, in relation to the revolutionary political and cultural legacies of both countries, and in light of the epochal social and economic changes occurring in China and Russia during this period. Filmmakers to be studied include
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Film 408/753, Chinese 340/540, Russian 248/677
Cinemas of Late and Post‐Socialism: China and Russia
(aka Chinese & Russian Cinema After Socialism; Post Socialist China & Russia)
Instructor: John MacKay
M 3:30‐5:20
Room: 81 Wall St., room 301
Office hours: TBA
Email: john.mackay@yale.edu; johnmackay65@gmail.com
Close, contextualized, comparative analysis of major Russian and Mainland Chinese
films, fiction and non‐fiction, from the mid‐1980s to the present. We will examine
the films in terms of their formal structures and their reception, in relation to the
revolutionary political and cultural legacies of both countries, and in light of the
epochal social and economic changes occurring in China and Russia during this
period. Filmmakers to be studied include Zhang Yimou, Sergei Dvortsevoy, Alexei
German, Chen Kaige, Alexander Sokurov, and Jia Zhangke. Open to both
undergraduate and graduate students; no knowledge of Russian or Chinese
required.
Seminars will take place Monday afternoons from 3:30‐5:20; screenings on
Thursday evenings at 7 pm, in the screening room at 212 York St..
Syllabus
Included at the beginning of the syllabus are four additional files containing useful
information: brief bios of major Chinese directors; a timeline of Chinese social,
political and film history from 1894; another chronology of Chinese history,
beginning in 1978; and a chronology of Russo‐Soviet history during (mainly) the
20th century.
Week 1
Seminar, September 5: Introduction
Week 2
Screening(s), September 5 (7 pm in 212 York) and September 8 (7 pm at 212 York):
Little Vera (Vasily Pichul’, USSR 1988, 35mm; September 5 only); Yellow Earth
(Chen Kaige, PRC 1984, VHS; September 8 only)
Seminar, September 12:
Readings: Frank Beardow, excerpts from Little Vera; Isaac Deutscher, “Maoism: Its
Origins and Outlook”; Rey Chow, “Silent is the Ancient Plain: Music, Filmmaking, and
the Concept of Social Change in the New Chinese Cinema”; Michael Berry, “Chen
Kaige: Historical Revolution and Cinematic Rebellion [interview]”
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Week 3
Screening, September 15:
My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Aleksei German, USSR 1984, 35mm)
Seminar, September 19:
Readings: Perry Anderson, “Two Revolutions: Rough Notes”; Tony Wood, “Time
Unfrozen: The Films of Alexei German”
Week 4
Screening, September 22:
The Story of Qiu Ju (Zhang Yimou, PRC 1992, 35mm)
Seminar, September 26:
Reading: Chris Berry and Mary Farquhar, “How should Chinese Men Act? Ordering
the Nation”; Michael Berry, “Zhang Yimou: Flying Colors [interview]”
Week 5
Screening, September 29:
Second Circle (Alexander Sokurov, USSR 1990, 35mm)
Seminar, October 3:
Readings: Mikhail Iampolsky, “Death in Cinema”; Kirill Galetski, “The Foundations
of Film Art: An Interview with Alexander Sokurov”
(http://sokurov.info/?id=1225965671)
Week 6
Screening, October 6:
Suzhou River (Lou Ye, PRC 2000, 35mm)
Seminar, October 10:
Readings: Xudong Zhang, “Shanghai Image: Critical Iconography, Minor Literature,
and the Un‐making of a Modern Chinese Mythology”
Week 7
Screening, October 13:
Brother (Aleksei Balabanov, Russia 1997, 35mm)
Seminar, October 17:
Readings: Nancy Condee, “Aleksei Balabanov: The Metropole’s Death Drive”
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Week 8
Screening, October 20:
24 City (Jia Zhangke, PRC 2008, 35mm)
Seminar, NOT October 26 (need to reschedule):
Readings: Xudong Zhang, “Poetics of Vanishing: The Films of Jia Zhangke”; Dudley
Andrew, “Interview with Jia Zhangke”; James Naremore, “Films of the Year, 2008”
Week 9
Screening, October 27:
Outskirts (Petr Lutsik, Russia 1998, DVD)
Seminar, October 31:
Readings: Richard Phillips, “An Interview with Petr Lutsik”
(http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/jul1999/sff5‐j17.shtml); Xudong Zhang,
“Postmodernism and Post‐Socialist Society: Cultural Politics in China after the ‘New
Era’”
Week 10
Screening, November 3:
Petition (Zhao Liang, PRC 2009, DVD); (at home) Epic of Central Plains, part 1 (Ai
Xiaoming, PRC 2006, video)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcW1YnXMfec&feature=related)
Seminar, November 7:
Readings: Lu Xinyu, “Rethinking China’s New Documentary Movement: Engagement
with the Social”; Edward Wong, “Chinese Director’s Path from Rebel to Insider”
(http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/world/asia/14filmmaker.html?pagewante
d=1&_r=1)
Week 11
Screening, November 10:
The Belovs (Victor Kossakovsky, Russia 1994, DVD); Bread Day (Sergei Dvortsevoy,
Russia/Kazakhstan, 1999, DVD); (at home) Alexei Dymovsky, Russian Police Officer
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4vB2a15dOU); Voina Group, Voina
humiliates cops in their own domain, parts one and two
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=796‐g_NQobA&feature=related)
Seminar, November 28:
Andrea Slovakova, Bara Stefanova, “’The documentary has morally exhausted me:
An interview with Sergei Dvortsevoy” (http://www.dokweb.net/en/documentary‐
network/articles/the‐documentary‐has‐morally‐exhausted‐me‐an‐interview‐with‐
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sergei‐dvortsevoy‐85/?off=750); Perry Anderson, “Russia’s Managed Democracy”
(http://www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n02/perry‐anderson/russias‐managed‐democracy);
Danila Rozanov, “Voina: artists at war” (http://www.opendemocracy.net/od‐
russia/danila‐rozanov/voina‐artists‐at‐
war?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=201210&u
tm_campaign=Nightly_2011‐02‐19%2005:30)
Week 12
Screening, December 1:
Oxhide II (Liu Jiayin, PRC 2009, DVD)
No seminar (post‐film discussion):
Readings: Shelly Kraicer, “Oxhide” (http://www.cinema‐
scope.com/cs25/spot_jiayin_oxhide.htm); Yuqian Yan, “Cinema Talk: Interview with
Liu Jiayin, director of Oxhide and Oxhide II,”
(http://dgeneratefilms.com/academia/cinematalk‐conversation‐with‐liu‐jiayin‐
director‐of‐oxhide‐and‐oxhide‐ii/); David Bordwell, “Wantons and Wontons”
(http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2009/10/12/wantons‐and‐wontons/).
Requirements:
For all students: regular attendance and weekly contribution to the online forum
(classesv2)
Undergraduates: midterm paper (8‐10 pp.), due; final paper (10‐15 pp.), due at the
end of Reading Week.
Graduate students: brief (15‐20 min.) in‐class report on a film; final paper (25‐30
pp.)
Readings: will all be available in pdf form on classesv2.
In addition: two or three clips from the film/films for the week will be uploaded
each week onto classesv2, as objects of close analysis to be looked at carefully
before the seminar.
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