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Visions of the East : Asia through French eyes

Author(s): Sim, Warren | Zhang, Wenjie

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Main Title
Visions of the East : Asia through French eyes
Author(s)
Zhang, Wenjie
Sim, Warren
Publisher
Singapore : National Museum of Singapore, 2011
Collation
115, [5] pages : illustrations (some color)
24 cm.
Summary
"Visions of the East: Asia through French Eyes explores the ways in which Asia have been portrayed and imagined throughout the history of French cinema. From the earliest film footage of Indochina and Japan by the Lumi.ư̐ere Brothers and orientalist epics of the 1910s, to groundbreaking films from the 1950s and 60s by Alain Resnais, Pierre Schoendoerffer and Louis Malle and contemporary French films about Asia, the film programme examines both the physical and imagined landscapes of the East as seen through the eyes of French filmmakers amidst the social and political changes taking place in France. Besides well-known French films about Asia such as La 317.ư̐eme section / Section 317, Indochine and L'amant / The Lover, the film programme also features rare documentaries about Singapore in the 1960s and 70s unearthed from the French National Audiovisual Institute. Other highlights include a roundtable discussion and newly commissioned music to be performed live for a selection of early French films and silent classics." -- unpaged at front of text.
Dewey Class
791.43
Contents
Films: The Red Lantern by Albert Capellani (1919); Hara-Kiri by Marie-Louise Iribe and Henri Debain (1928); Legong: Dance of the Virgins by Henry de la Falaise (1935); Macao, l'enfer du jeu/Gambling Hell by Jean Delannoy (1939); Ballets de Bali by Jean Rouch (1953); Moranbong, une aventure doreenne by Jean-Claude Boonardot (1958); Hiroshima mon amour by Alain Resnais (1959); Le 317eme section/The 317th Platoon by Pierre Schoendoerffer (1965); Lion du Vietnam/Far from Vietnam by Joris Ivens, William Klein, Glaude LeLouch, Agnes Varda, Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Maker and Alain Resnais (1967); Calcutta by Louis Malle (1969); India Song by Marguerite Duras (1975); Cinq et la peau/Five and the Skin by Pierre Rissient (1982); Nocturne Indien by Alain Corneau (1989); Indochine by Regis Wargnier (1992); L'amant/The Lover by Jean-Jacques Annaud (1992); Stupeur et tremblements/Fear and Trembling by Alain Corneau (2003); Inju, la bete dans l'ombre/Inju: The Beast in the Shadow by Barbet Schroeder (2008); L'empire du milieu du sud/Empire of the Mid'South by Jacques Perrin & Eric Deroo (2010) -- Special Programmes: Impressions of Asia from early French Cinema 1897-1933 / Researched by Gaelle Vidalie; Images of Singapore from French Television 1964-1973 / researched by Jeremy Segay -- Roundtable Disussion: Speakers Sylvie Blum-Reid, Pierre Rissient and Farish Ahmad-Noor, Moderater Ben Slater -- Essays: Looking Back: Cinematic Impressions of Asia in French Cinema / Sylvie Blum-Reid; To Bring the World into the World / Shanay Jhaveri -- About the Organisers -- Film Schedule.
Language
English
Subject
Motion pictures
BRN
1184

Notes

  • "A programme of the National Museum Cinematheque co-organised with Embassy of France."
  • Visions of the East: Asia through French Eyes, 4-16 October 2011.
  • Text, Zhang Wenjie, Warren Sin, Low Zu Boon ; research and text, Jérémy Segay, Gaelle Vidalie ; translation Daniel Chan, Michel Lienard, Jennifer Kwok.
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