LTEA 120A University of California San Diego Chiense Films Analysis 1.Discuss how these two (2) details from Shower articulate nostalgia: retirees spending

LTEA 120A University of California San Diego Chiense Films Analysis 1.Discuss how these two (2) details from Shower articulate nostalgia: retirees spending leisure time in the public bath; the younger brother getting lost in the modern city. Then briefly explain how traditional family values are reevaluated in the film (e.g., positively, negatively, or neutrally).

Explain how 24 City perceives urban transformation in the following two (2) scenes: workers singing together in a large auditorium; Zhao Dao’s character in her Volkswagen beetle car in an empty lot. What is Jia Zhangke’s evaluation of socialist legacy (e.g., nostalgic, critical, or else)?

Describe how you interpret these two (2) details from Plunder of Peach and Plum: the child is abandoned at an orphanage; the old principal visits the imprisoned former student. What message does the film send by ending in a tragic note?

Explain your interpretation of these two (2) examples from Suzhou River: Mada and Mudan die in an accident; the videographer refuses to look for the disappeared Meimei. What is the director’s view of postsocialist Shanghai?