This document summarizes the Chinese 5th Generation Film Makers from the 1980s to present day. It discusses the influence of 5th Generation Cinema in China, the impact of Chinese and Hollywood cinema on each other, and how today's Chinese 5th Generation Cinema has been influenced by both cultures. It provides details on several influential 5th Generation film directors from China like Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou, and examines some of their notable films that explored themes of love, freedom, and the American Dream while pushing the limits of censorship at the time in China.

1. QUAN JIUZHOU
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The Chinese 5th Generation Film Makers
From 1980’s to Now

2. Abstract ………………………………………………………………… i
Introduction …………………………………………………………. 1
Content
 Influence of 5th Generation Cinema in China
 The Impact of Chinese Cinema and Hollywood
Cinema
 Hollywood Chinese Cinema
 Today’s Chinese 5th Generation Cinema
 Conclusion

3. What is Chinese 5th Generation Cinema
5th Generation Cinema: Post-socialism Cinema

4.  RRaf
Inside China, the Cultural Revolution is frequently referred to
as “the decade of chaos” (shiniandongluan).

5. Deng Xiaoping

6. Chen Kaige
Zhang Yimou Wu Ziniu
Tian Zhuangzhuang Huang Jianxin

7. •29th London Film Festival London, UK.
Best Director Sutherland Trophy
•38th Locarno International Film Festival1985
Locarno, Switzerland.
Silver Leopard
•7th Festival of Three Contients Nantes, France.
Best Cinematography
•5th Hawaii International Film Festival.
Eastman Kodak Best Cinematography

9. Directed by Zhang Yimou In 1994
Be banned until today in China

10. Love, Freedom, Desire, Justice and American Dream

11. Who
Influenced
Whom?

13. A Film by Zhang Yimou in 2006.
It cost US$45 million.

16.  Chinese culture has got Hollywood attention though
cinema
Hollywood business operating mode is worth China to
study.

17.  Chris Berry (2004) Postsocialist Cinema in Post-Mao China. Edward
Beauchamp University of Hawaii.
 Thompson K. & Bordwell D. (2010) Film History: An Introduction, 3rd
Edition. McGraw-Hill International Edition.
 Wong & Cindy H. (2011) Film Festivals: culture, people, and power on
the global screen. Rutgers University Press.