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TOGETHER (HAN NI ZAI YIKI)

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

TOGETHER (HAN NI ZAI YIKI)

What does music mean? It’s an interesting question and one posed with grace and not a little irony by Chen Kaige in TOGETHER. Using the backdrop of the uneasy cultural shifts in contemporary China and the ever mysterious dynamics of the father-son relationship, he has brought forth film that is deeply affecting and rapturously beautiful.… Read More »

Tagged With: Chen Kaige, China, cultural revolution, father-son relationship, hairstyle, music teacher, musician, politics, violin

Chen Kaige is TOGETHER

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Chen Kaige is TOGETHER

Having lived through the political and cultural turbulence of China’s recent past, it’s hardly surprising that Chen Kaige’s films reflect his preoccupation with the changes his homeland has, is, and will continue to experience. While is other films, such as FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE, have dealt with history, his latest, TOGETHER, looks as the present using… Read More »

Tagged With: Chen Kaige, China, cultural revolution, father-son relationship, hairstyle, music teacher, musician, politics, violin

Taylor Hackford Presents RAY

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Taylor Hackford Presents RAY

You can’t talk to Taylor Hackford about RAY and not understand why this was a project that he pursued doggedly for over a decade. Given Jamie Foxx’s electrifying performance as Ray Charles, it was worth the wait. Hackford saw the story not just of one man beating the odds personally and professionally, but also as metaphor… Read More »

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