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Chinese Independent Movie Director Li Yang (李楊) and His World of Movie

  • The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies
  • 2019, (43), pp.307-334
  • DOI : 10.18212/cccs.2019..43.014
  • Publisher : The Society For Chinese Cultural Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature > Chinese Literature > Chinese Culture
  • Received : January 16, 2019
  • Accepted : February 13, 2019
  • Published : February 28, 2019

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ABSTRACT

Director Li Yang produced only three movies for fifteen years, from the first feature length movie Blind Shaft (盲井) in 2003 thru Blind Mountain (盲山) in 2007 to Blind Way (盲道) in 2018. Because not many movies were produced by him, his exposure to the media and reviews on his movies are comparatively less than those of other famous Chinese movies directors. However, whenever his individual movie was released, it aroused considerable debates and repercussions to Chinese society. Also, his movies were widely acknowledged by winning many prizes in numerous film festivals nationwide and worldwide. Therefore, in spite of less production of movies, he is a notable figure together with other major Chinese movie directors. This article aims at introducing Li Yang himself and his respective movies, both of which are unknown to Korea. I focus on analyzing his so-called blind trilogy from different perspectives via controversial issues and reviews centering around it. Further, I touch on the issues of censorship and commercialization which he encountered in the course of making his movies.

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