Zhang Yimou: chief director of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Chinese Title: 谋天下：从西北汉子到奥运会总导演
Title: Zhang Yimou:From a man of Northwest China to the chief director of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
ISBN: 9787802202184
Edition: English
Publishing Date: 2009-06
Author: Editor:Wei Long
Publishing House: China Pictorial Publishing House
Cover: P
Page: 280pp
Spec: 240*170mm


Introduction:
Zhang Yimou，bom in 1951inXi'an．ShaanXj ProVince，once went to settle down in the countryside，andworked at a state—Owned cotton textllefactory He graduated from the Photography Depanment of the BeijingFilm Academy in 1982．Zhang Yimou，Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang are the representative directors of thefifth generation Of the Chinese cinema,Zhang Yimou was director of phOtography for two films，One and Eight and Yellow Earth,and directed many famous films,such as Red Sorghum,The Story of Qiuju,Raisethe Red Lantern,Hero,Ambush from All Sides and Curse of the GoldenFlower,He is a standard—bearer of the Chinese cinema，Leading it on a march to the Outside world．In 2008，me opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing olympic Games with Zhang Yimou as chief director weregreat successes．His achieVementS have been recognized not Only in China but throughout the world．

Content:
01　Zhang Yimou in His Early Youth
02 His Dream Comes True with the Passage of Time
03 One and Eight,Where the Dream Starts
04 Yellow Earth—a Dream in 1984
05 The Big Parade—Last Movie Jointly Made by Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige
06 Old Well—Zhang Yimou Becomes a Film Emperor
07 Red Sorghum—Two Women Behind a Successful Man
08 Fight and Love with a Terracotta Warrior—Two Lovers Who Cannot Escape Theri Fate
09 Code Name“Cougar”—Zhangg Yimou Suffers a Critical Defeat
10 Ju Dou—Zhang Yimou Walks Towards the Altar of Directors
11 Raise the Red Lantern—a Master of Color
12 The Story of Qiuju—Trying to Break out of the Old Mode
13 To Live—an Embarrassingly Successful Film
14 Shanghai Triad—the Fate Zhang Yimou Cannot Shake off
15 Keep Cool—an Absurd City Movie
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