Chinese Film Classics - Spring in a Small Town 小城之春 (1948) video lecture 1
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The first of two video lectures about Fei Mu's film "Spring in a Small Town" (1948).
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Lecture 1 contents:
- Why is "Spring in a Small Town" such a highly acclaimed film?
- Original English title of the film
- Production context: the Chinese civil war
- Melancholy poetics: loss, change, and renewal
- Symbolism in location and set design
This video corresponds with chapter 12 of the book "Chinese Film Classics, 1922-1949": cup.columbia.edu/book/chinese...
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Thanks for your analysis. I saw this tonight from a really good picture restoration although the soundtrack was still pretty wrecked. What struck me about this film was its editing - lots of short scene fragments and crossfades to the same scene from slightly shifted angles. Not much 180 degree editing here at all! This combined with the voiceover and the isolated setting really made the whole thing feel very ghostly in some way. Super distinctive and not at all like the restrained domestic dramas from Japan of this time (I'm not familiar with Chinese cinema of the period). Might be a long shot analogy but it felt like if someone tried to get Ozu and Dreyer to meet in the middle, they might end up with something like this. It has a mood all of its own and I can understand why it has such a strong reputation.
Learn about the free online course "Chinese Film Classics," which covers 12 films, at chinesefilmclassics.org Learn about how Fei Mu's poetics influenced later films in the second video lecture of "Spring in a Small Town": kzread.info/dash/bejne/aJeDuMOKmavJiLg.html
Watch video lecture 2 (14 mins) to learn how Fei Mu's poetics influenced later filmmakers: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aJeDuMOKmavJiLg.html Chinese Film Classics course: chinesefilmclassics.org