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Session 19: Chinese (Beijing) film: House of Flying Daggers (screening then brief discussion), First session • AMQ possible
Topics for this session
❖ There might be an AMQ
❖ Recent cinema from China (Beijing): House of Flying Daggers, first 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? Qing? Modern liberties?)
Possible topics for this session:
- Getting comfortable with the story line
- Compare: Beating/threat of beating of the female protagonist in Chunhyang and Flying Daggers
Thoughts*
See House of Flying Daggers, various modules.
Screening details
DVD menu scenes 1-7 (0:00:00-0:25:43, elapsed time 0:26)
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: General Comments
✓ House of Flying Daggers: Director
✓ House of Flying Daggers: Main Characters
✓ House of Flying Daggers: First session questions (scene summaries are optional)
At the end of the session devoted to this film you will be required to submit written responses to some of the daily questions listed on the modules for each film. You can download this document now if you want and begin work on it. Further instructions are on the document itself. See the sidebar to access the document, with its instructions.
Texts, multimedia notes, links*
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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.