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3 | Zhang Yimou (张艺谋, 1951- ) is one of the leading lights of Chinese film and is often considered one of the greatest living Chinese directors. He tends to favor stories set in rural/historical China, often with an emphasis on the dark side of the setting, and also has a very strong visual style. Many of his movies contain remarkable SceneryPorn even within quite restricted settings. Was romantically involved with Creator/GongLi for a number of years and featured her, and later Creator/ZhangZiyi as leads in many of his films. |
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5 | He gained a lot of applause for directing the truly spectacular opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing UsefulNotes/OlympicGames. He was chosen again to direct the said ceremonies of the 2022 Beijing Olympics as well. |
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7 | !!The films of Zhang Yimou include: |
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9 | * ''Red Sorghum'' - An adaptation of the Creator/MoYan novel. |
10 | * ''Film/JuDou'' - Co-directed with Yang Fengliang |
11 | * ''Film/RaiseTheRedLantern'' |
12 | * ''The Story of Qiu-Ju'' |
13 | * ''Literature/ToLive'' |
14 | * ''Shanghai Triad'' |
15 | * ''Keep Cool'' |
16 | * ''Not One Less'' |
17 | * ''The Road Home'' |
18 | * ''Happy Times'' |
19 | * ''Film/Hero2002'' |
20 | * ''Film/HouseOfFlyingDaggers'' |
21 | * ''Film/CurseOfTheGoldenFlower'' |
22 | * ''Amazing Tales: Three Guns'' / ''A Woman, A Gun, and a Noodle Shop'' / ''A Simple Noodle Story'' - His first (epically failed) attempt at comedy, a remake of Creator/TheCoenBrothers film ''Film/BloodSimple'' to boot. |
23 | * ''Under the Hawthorne Tree'' |
24 | * ''Film/FlowersOfWar'' |
25 | * ''Film/TheGreatWall'' |
26 | * ''Film/Shadow2018'' |
27 | * ''One Second'' |
28 | * ''Cliff Walkers'' |
29 | * ''Snipers'' (co-directed with his daughter, Zhang Mo) |
30 | * ''Full River Red'' |
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32 | !!Tropes found in or relating to Zhang Yimou's work include: |
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34 | * BannedInChina: In 1994, his film ''To Live'' was banned for having a negative portrayal of CCP policies and Zhang was also barred from making films for two years (along with its lead actress Creator/GongLi). In 2019, his film ''One Second'' was abruptly pulled from the 69th Berlin International Film Festival after being previously scheduled to screen; while no official reason was ever given, many film critics suspected censorship since the movie's subject matter was related to the Cultural Revolution. |
35 | * ColorMotif: Striking and heavily symbolic use of color is considered to be part of Zhang's SignatureStyle -- the color-coded armies in ''Film/CurseOfTheGoldenFlower'' and ''Film/TheGreatWall'' for example. Besides his {{wuxia}} films, ''Raise the Red Lantern'' is also a striking example. |
36 | * CreatorsOddball: His film "A Simple Noodle Story" is a remake of the Coen Brothers comedy ''Blood Simple'', which Zhang says is one of his favourites. It's rare for him to do a remake or a comedy. |
37 | * TheMuse: Gong Li, in his earlier period. |
38 | * SceneryPorn: His films typically use vividly colorful visuals and extremely detailed sets and costumes. |
39 | * {{Wuxia}}: Some of his recent films have all more or less been wuxia, in contrast to his slower-paced, more contemplative[[note]]And contemporary: his earlier films mostly dealt with 20th-century China, while the Wuxia films are set in ImperialChina[[/note]] earlier works. |
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