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Hsien-Yung Pai (The Inspired Island 2)
Opening on 03-01-2016
105 minutes
Putonghua(Chinese Subtitle)
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Pai Hsien-yung has lent Chinese-language literature some of its most colorful and most memorable characters, and served as the inspiration of multiple generations of artists working in mediums as different as television, film, and theatre. In 2003, Pai launched his “young lovers’” adaptation of The Peony Pavilion, rejuvenating the traditional art of Kunqu by bringing it to stages and schools across the US and Europe.“Though men know not the source of Love, she doth pierce them deeply so.” The film employs the stream-of-consciousness storytelling found in two acts of The Peony Pavilion — “A walk in the garden” and “The interrupted dream” — interwoven with the life and literary development of Pai. From the youthful air of the Modern Literature magazine, which he helped launch at the age of 22, to the humanistic sincerity in his recent works My Father and the Republic and Healing the Pain, Pai looks back on his 29 years teaching at Santa Barbara, a four-decade relishing of Guilin rice noodles, and a return visit to the gardens of Suzhou after 10 years. Through the darkened realm of the stage, to the countless lectures and courses he taught, Pai has been at the forefront of literature for multiple generations, with his unique blend of resilience and tenderness reverberating through the film, and bringing audiences closer to his warmth as a novelist.
Director
Teng Yung-shing Cast |
* = Special first show concession tickets available for senior citizens
Hsien-Yung Pai (The Inspired Island 2)
Opening on 03-01-2016
105 minutes
Putonghua(Chinese Subtitle)
Synopsis
Pai Hsien-yung has lent Chinese-language literature some of its most colorful and most memorable characters, and served as the inspiration of multiple generations of artists working in mediums as different as television, film, and theatre. In 2003, Pai launched his “young lovers’” adaptation of The Peony Pavilion, rejuvenating the traditional art of Kunqu by bringing it to stages and schools across the US and Europe.“Though men know not the source of Love, she doth pierce them deeply so.” The film employs the stream-of-consciousness storytelling found in two acts of The Peony Pavilion — “A walk in the garden” and “The interrupted dream” — interwoven with the life and literary development of Pai. From the youthful air of the Modern Literature magazine, which he helped launch at the age of 22, to the humanistic sincerity in his recent works My Father and the Republic and Healing the Pain, Pai looks back on his 29 years teaching at Santa Barbara, a four-decade relishing of Guilin rice noodles, and a return visit to the gardens of Suzhou after 10 years. Through the darkened realm of the stage, to the countless lectures and courses he taught, Pai has been at the forefront of literature for multiple generations, with his unique blend of resilience and tenderness reverberating through the film, and bringing audiences closer to his warmth as a novelist.
Director
Teng Yung-shing Cast
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* = Special first show concession tickets available for senior citizens