Chinese Movies&TV

Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called A Mongolian Tale (黑駿馬hēi jùnmǎ). So let us have a brief introduction. A Mongolian Tale (黑駿馬Hēi jùn mǎ) is a 1995 Chinese film directed by Xie Fei (谢飞Xiè Fēi ) and adapted by the novelist and ethnographer Zhang Chengzhi (张承志Zhāng Chéngzhì ） from his novel, Plot A Mongolian Tale tells the story of two childhood sweethearts from their youth into their adulthood as set on the Mongolian steppes. Nai Nai (奶奶Nai Nai), an old Mongolian woman is living with her orphaned granddaughter, Someyer, when she accepts into her home a boy, Beiyinpalica, whose mother has died and father cannot care for. Though raised as a brother and sister, Somiya and Beiyinpalica grow close. As Beiyinpalica (now played by the Mongolian pop singer Tengger) is about to enter adulthood, his father suddenly writes and orders him into the city to study veterinary science. He leaves but promises Someyer that he will marry her when he returns. While in the city, Beiyinpalica also becomes a student of music. When he returns three years later, he discovers that Someyer (now played by Naranhua) has become pregnant by another man. Heartbroken, he leaves once more. Twelve years later, Beiyinpalica has become a…

“Yellow” and “Red” are larvae that live in an old house standing among skyscrapers. To them, humans’ cheap food and old household items are culinary experiences and amazing toys. They fight against each other, trying to take possession of things humans left behind while being chased by pets like a puppy or a parrot. It’s the story of daily survival of hot tempered “Red” and glutton “Yellow”. “阿黄”和“阿红”是两只臭屁虫，住在一幢被摩天大楼包围着的老房子里。对他们俩而言，人类留下的廉价食物给他们带来了厨房体验，老房子里的老物什更是他们完美的玩物。他们互相打闹，争抢着那些人类不需要的东西，也一起被老屋中的宠物狗或者鹦鹉追赶。暴躁的“阿红”和贪吃的“阿黄”日复一日地上演着滑稽搞笑的生存游戏。 Key words 臭屁虫chòu pì chónɡ:larvae 摩天大楼mó tiān dà lóu:skyscraper 生存shēnɡ cún:survival

Today, I will introduce a Chinese animated feature produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio which called The Proud General (骄傲的将军Jiāo'ào de Jiāngjūn) So let us have a brief introduction. Plot After a victorious military campaign, a general returns home to glory and prosperity. The king rewards him and claims that all enemies will be intimidated by the general. From then on, the general no longer practices martial arts. He eats, drinks, lives the glamorous life, and doesn't bother anymore with sharpening his weapons. When the enemy one day returns, his own arrogance leads to his defeat and eventually to the downfall of the whole nation. Production The film was heavily influenced by Disney from the perspective of character design, movement and storytelling point of view. The music is derived from the Beijing Opera. The clothing, architecture, and props do have a strong sense of Chinese cultural influence. It was one of the first films to use the art of water ink painting in a lengthy production. This film also tell us that an army which is cocksure about its invincibility is doomed to defeat. So we must keep in mind, as an proverb said, "to win without pride ".

Zhou Xuan (周璇 Zhōu Xuán ) was a popular Chinese singer for her golden voice, and a film actress in the early 20th century. By the 1940s, she had become one of the Seven great singing stars. She is probably the most well-known of the seven, as she had a concurrent movie career until 1953. Biography Zhou was born Su Pu (苏璞 Sū Pú), but was separated from her natural parents at a young age and raised by adoptive parents. She spent her entire life searching for her biological parents but her parentage was never established until after her death. At the age of 13 she took Zhou Xuan as her stage name, 'Xuan', which means beautiful jade in Chinese.   Zhou started acting in 1935, but she achieved stardom in 1937 in Street Angel (街角天使 jiējiǎo tiānshǐ) , when director Yuan Muzhi cast her as one of the leads as a singing girl. "Golden Voice" was Zhou's nickname to commend her singing talents after a singing competition in Shanghai, where she came in second. Zhou rapidly became the most famous and marketable popular singer in the gramophone era up to her death, singing many famous tunes from her own movies. Her frail but eminently musical…

《钢铁侠3》本周在好莱坞举行了首映仪式，并将于5月1日在中国上映。目前已有多部大片在中国拍摄，并拥有对剧情发展至关重要的华人角色，本片是其中的最新一部，片中中国著名演员王学圻与好莱坞明星小罗伯特·唐尼(Robert Downey Jr)联袂出镜。中国蒸蒸日上的电影票房或能解释其中原因：中国的观影人次正在快速增长，修建多厅型电影院的热潮使得中国的银幕数量以每天10块的速度增长，2012年中国超越日本成为了全球第二大电影市场。 The film, which premieres this week in Hollywood, will be released in the US and China simultaneously on May 3. It is the latest in a string of high-profile movies to be filmed in China and has Chinese characters central to the plot, with Wang Xueqi, a renowned actor, starring alongside Robert Downey Jr. The booming Chinese box-office suggests why: Chinese film attendance is soaring, a multiplex boom is adding 10 new screens a day and the market eclipsed Japan in 2012 to become the second largest in the world. 中国目前拥有约12000块银幕，但其增长速度是如此之快，在短短几年之内中国的票房收入就可能超越美国。梦工厂动画电影公司(Dreamworks Animation)首席执行官杰弗里·卡岑伯格(Jeffrey Katzenberg)表示：“如果中国电影产业保持目前的增长速度，那么在五到七年之内，中国的票房规模将与美国不相上下、甚至可能超越美国市场。” China has about 12,000 screens but is growing so fast that it may within a few years overtake the US in box- office revenue. “If it maintains its current rate of growth you could see a box office in five to seven years that is the same size as the US or that has surpassed the US market,” said Jeffrey Katzenberg, the chief executive of DreamWorks Animation. 去年上映的《复仇者联盟》(The Avengers)、《谍中谍4：幽灵协议》(Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol)等好莱坞大片对中国的票房增长起到了推动作用。但中国国产电影的市场竞争力也有所增强，上月一部名为《北京遇上西雅图》(Finding Mr Right)的国产浪漫喜剧在中国票房排行榜上叱咤风云，而去年中国票房收入最高的影片是《泰囧》(Lost in Thailand)，这部国产电影是有史以来在中国上映的最成功商业片之一。 That growth has been fuelled by Hollywood blockbusters such as last year’s The Avengers and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. But competition from Chinese-made films is increasing: Finding…

"The Golden Monkey Defeats a Demon", also referred as "The Monkey King Conquers the Demon", is adapted from chapters of the Chinese classics "Journey to the West," or "Monkey" in the Western world. The five-episode animation series tells the story of Monkey King Sun Wukong, who followed Monk Xuan Zang's trip to the West to take the Buddhistic sutra. They met a white bone evil, and the evil transformed human appearances three times to seduce the monk. Twice Monkey King recognized it and brought it down. The monk was unable to recognize the monster and expelled Sun Wukong. Xuan Zang was then captured by the monster. Fortunately Bajie, another apprentice of Xuan Zang, escaped and persuaded the Monkey King to come rescue the monk. Finally, Sun kills the evil and saves Xuan Zang. The outstanding animation has received a variety of awards, including the 6th Hundred Flowers Festival Award and the Chicago International Children's Film Festival Award in 1989.