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Session 20—Mon, March 5: Chinese (Beijing) film: House of Flying Daggers (screening and discussion), Second session
Topics for this session
❖ Recent cinema from China (Beijing): House of Flying Daggers, second session of five
Overall, persistent topics for this film:
❖ Deception's role in romantic narratives
❖ (Confucian) loyalty (zhong) / faithfulness (xin) vs. individual desire (Confucian ren? modern liberties?)Today:
❖ "Layering" (related to deception but that aspect not pursued here)— multiple loyalties, multiple loves
❖ Duty (yi) to the group (so, issues of loyalty, zhong) / faithfulness to a lover (xin) vs. individual desire: seduction in the name of duty, games becoming difficult to control realities
Thoughts*
See House of Flying Daggers, various modules.
Screening details
DVD menu scenes 8-14 (0:25:43-0:56:26, elapsed time 0:32)
The entire film is screened in class. If you have missed a class session, the movie is available as follows:
- Netflix: DVD
- Media Resources Center (Moffitt): DVD 3178
Required—to be completed for today's session
Access through sidebar tab FILM MODULES:
✓ House of Flying Daggers: Second session questions (scene summaries are optional)
Texts, multimedia notes, links*
nothing yet ...
Other*
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*THOUGHTS: Reading before class probably helps follow session content, reading afterwards might help consolidate notes, revisiting for tests is recommended. Content might be added before class or anytime up until about 24 hours ahead of a midterm.
*TEXTS, MULTIMEDIA NOTES, LINKS: If I have read from something, shown something or presented audio that is not elsewhere mentioned, I usually include that information here for the curious, sometime after the class (since I often make last-minute decisions about including something). It might take a while and sometimes I forget. You can email me.
*OTHER: When possible I note here names, places, and other details that I have mentioned in a lecture that would otherwise not be accessible in the assigned materials or easily located on your own. As with "TEXTS ..." this is usually sometime after class and, again, I might not be able to get around to doing it.