CYCLE: DIRECTOR

From 21.09. To 26.09.2009.

Program of contemporary Chinese films

Xiao Feng

 

Director

Redatelj, scenarist i producent rođen u Pekingu 1958. godine. Nakon srednje škole zaposlio se kao scenograf u vojnoj kazališnoj trupi. Godine 1985. radi u dizajnerskom odjelu televizijske postaje u Pekingu gdje se susreće s filmom. Uskoro počinje pisati scenarije, adaptiravši i roman u televizijsku seriju koju samostalno snima 1991. godine u New Yorku pod nazivom Beijing ren zai Niu Yue (1992.). Serija mu donosi priznanje i omogućava daljnji redateljski rad. U to vrijeme postaje veoma poznat kao redatelj hesui pian, tzv. novogodišnjih filmova: Jiafang yifang (Dream Factory, 1997.), Bu jian bu san (Be There or Be Square, 1998.), Mei wan mei liao (Sorry Baby, 1999.) i Yi sheng tan xi (A Sigh, 2000.). Uslijedile su komedije Da wan (Big Shot's Funeral, 2001.) i Shou ji (Cell Phone, 2003.), akcijski Tian xia wu zei (A World Without Thieves, 2004.), svojevrsna adaptacija Hamleta Banket (Ye yan, 2006.), ratni ep Ji jie hao (Assembly, 2007.) i romantična komedija Fei Cheng Wu Rao (If You Are the One, 2008.).

Filmography


Films by this director

Assembly

(Ji jie hao, 2007)

Directed by: Xiao Feng
PHOTOGRAPHY: Yue Lu
Synopsis:

During the Chinese civil war in early 1940, Commander Gu Zidi and his troop of soldiers, members of the red Army, receive orders to hold their position and attack the Kuomintang forces until further notice. Strictly sticking to the command and rules, the commander allows his men to die and remains one of the only two survivors of the battle. He spends the rest of his life trying to restore his comrades’ honor.

color, digital, 124 min
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