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Featuring: Mo Zhong, Want Wen Guang, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Maoist dance troupes, Taoist temple music and tea-dance tango bands.
Description: In the early 1980's, China was just emerging from the repressive Cultural Revolution which very nearly stamped out much Chinese classical and folk music - three thousand year-old traditions. Cautiously, musicians, singers, composers and conductors were re-emerging, returning from exile and beginning to revive some of the suppressed music, all under the vigilant gaze of suspicious government officials.
Into this moment of regeneration came director Jeremy Marre on a quest to capture the true musical traditions of China. Constantly battling to avoid the dull 'official' musical ensembles he traveled to Shanghai, Beijing, and the Islamic, far northwestern region of Xinjian.
In Beijing, he was able to film Want Wen Guang, one of less than 100 Chinese who can still play the gu-qin, an ancient zither-like instrument, in a stirring, passionate performance. Later he encounters Mo Zhong, a Taoist priest, and temple drummer whose hands were broken during the Cultural Revolution in order to keep him from playing, as well as a young master of the pipa, a traditional lute, who managed to perform brilliantly despite conditions which keep him from practicing.
In the Islamic northwest, a very different China is encountered, a China where music and dance still flowers freely, as captured here in a wild wedding celebration. 'Cotton Mill Shanghai Blues' is a thought-provoking documentary of a dormant, ancient musical culture finally re-emerging. In addition to the performances noted above, this episode from the Beats of the Heart series also features acrobats and puppeteers, female ballad singers, Shanghai traditional opera and tea house music.
Description: In the early 1980's, China was just emerging from the repressive Cultural Revolution which very nearly stamped out much Chinese classical and folk music - three thousand year-old traditions. Cautiously, musicians, singers, composers and conductors were re-emerging, returning from exile and beginning to revive some of the suppressed music, all under the vigilant gaze of suspicious government officials.
Into this moment of regeneration came director Jeremy Marre on a quest to capture the true musical traditions of China. Constantly battling to avoid the dull 'official' musical ensembles he traveled to Shanghai, Beijing, and the Islamic, far northwestern region of Xinjian.
In Beijing, he was able to film Want Wen Guang, one of less than 100 Chinese who can still play the gu-qin, an ancient zither-like instrument, in a stirring, passionate performance. Later he encounters Mo Zhong, a Taoist priest, and temple drummer whose hands were broken during the Cultural Revolution in order to keep him from playing, as well as a young master of the pipa, a traditional lute, who managed to perform brilliantly despite conditions which keep him from practicing.
In the Islamic northwest, a very different China is encountered, a China where music and dance still flowers freely, as captured here in a wild wedding celebration. 'Cotton Mill Shanghai Blues' is a thought-provoking documentary of a dormant, ancient musical culture finally re-emerging. In addition to the performances noted above, this episode from the Beats of the Heart series also features acrobats and puppeteers, female ballad singers, Shanghai traditional opera and tea house music.
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??樂芃??
可以依稀看到父母年轻时候的样子,那个一去不复返的年代……
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2020年12月27日
paradiso
channel 4出资,素材丰富(上绵十七工和大隆机械厂工人文娱、嘉定乡村广播和戏曲、中外古典等等)且是不会过时的胶片拍摄,剪到52分钟有点可惜。上海那些群众在老外镜头前特别鲜格格。大世界内景人山人海!转场新疆的飞机画面是中航广告吧..
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2020年12月27日
峰瑞
真诚的记忆,回看只有感动。
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2020年12月27日