Author Archives: Rujie Wang
China’s New Left
By Pankaj Mishra of New York Times One day earlier this year I met Wang Hui at the Thinker’s Cafe near Tsinghua University in Beijing, where he teaches. A small, compact man with streaks of gray in his short hair and … Continue reading
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Psycho-narration
Please view one of the two clips below, and provide a short (less than a page) psycho-narration for the protagonists who appear in it. The narration should be either from omniscient point-of-view in which you know everything that is going … Continue reading
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Zhou Yu’s Train
Zhou Yu’s Train , dir. by Sun Zhou, 2002, China . Zhou Yu, an attractive young pottery worker and painter, interested in poetry and anything that would take her away from the mundane world of the adult and to her … Continue reading
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A World without Thieves
A World without Thieves dir. Feng Xiaogang, 2005, China 中文分析 Roots (傻根, “Shagen”), name means the root or origin of stupidity or foolishness; an orphan and farmer boy from Henan Province who went to Tibet as a hired hand in … Continue reading
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World
World, directed by Jia Zhangke, 2005, China The most recent film (139 minutes) by Jia (“the world’s greatest filmmaker under 40,” according to Dennis Lim of the Village Voice) is another commentary on contemprary China in the age of globalization. The … Continue reading
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The Wedding Banquet
The Wedding Banquet, directed by Ang Lee, Taiwan, 1993 Gao, Wei-tong, a Chinese-American homosexual man living in New York City; in the U.S. for ten years and naturalized as a U.S. citizen; very athletic and works out in the gym … Continue reading
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