Director Xie Fei of the Fourth Generation of Chinese directors came in and gave us a lecture today. He discussed the meaning behind each of the generations of Chinese directors and gave us the names of many films that had inspired both him and his coworkers. He gave a great Q&A session afterwards as well.
Later this afternoon we watched Xie Fei's film Black Snow, which was the story of a troubled youth (played by Jiang Wen) trying to rehabilitate himself after a stint in jail. It was one of the first times that the Fourth generation of directors had used an Urban setting, and it was an interesting film.
We had a lecture from James Tweedie and Yomi after the film, and they both discussed Youth Cinema and Youth Culture in China. After that we took the incredibly crowded subway at rush hour to Wudaokao and searched around until we found a good Yunnan place for dinner. After dinner Shelley and I went to a place called Happy Lemon, which serves milk tea. I got an orange-mango smoothie and then we took a cab home.
Tomorrow we are going back to Wu Wenguang's studio, and I am excited to see and hear more about the Memory Project.
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