Ideology − Subculture − Breakdance: Tian Zhuangzhuang’s “Rock Kids”
Abstract
The author reminds us of the little known outside of Asia film by Tian Zhuangzhuang Rock Kids (1988). It was made in the period when the director made films to order, and did not consider them to be expressive of his opinions. The film depicts an interesting phenomenon in the field of Chinese subculture. Pop music of the 1980s China was divided into types: tongsu yinyue, which was supported by the government, and the underground rock music, the yaogun yinyue. They differed in every respect. The form particularly popular among the youth was the breakdance. Tian’s film presents the story of dancers practicing breakdance, and reveals the subversive character of the Chinese subculture.
Keywords:
Tian Zhuangzhuang, Chinese cinema, breakdance, danceReferences
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Alicja Helmankwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Jagiellonian University Poland
Historyk i teoretyk filmu, emerytowany profesor UJ. Prowadzi badania w zakresie teorii filmu i komparatystyki. W dorobku naukowym ma ponad 20 książek autorskich, m.in.: O dziele filmowym (1970, 1981), Film faktów i film fikcji (1977), Przedmiot i metody filmoznawstwa (1985), Słownik pojęć filmowych (1991-1998), Historia semiotyki filmu, t. 1-2 (1992-1993), Twórcza zdrada. Filmowe adaptacje literatury (1998), Urok zmierzchu. Filmy Luchina Viscontiego (2002), Ten smutek hiszpański. Konteksty twórczości filmowej Carlosa Saury (2005), Odcienie czerwieni. Twórczość filmowa Zhanga Yimou (2010), Ścieżkami utraconego czasu. Twórczość filmowa Chena Kaige (2012).
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