急.求一篇寫張藝謀的英語文章

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急.求一篇寫張藝謀的英語文章
要1000字左右,最好是高才生寫的,高品質文章,

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Zhang Yimou
On November 14,1950,Zhang Yimou was born in the Shaanxi region of China.His family suffered derision and exclusion because of their association with the Kuomintang (Nationalist) Army.His father had been an officer and an elder brother followed the Nationalist forces to Taiwan.As a child,Yimou was not immune from such treatment.His childhood was a difficult one.These difficulties were to set the stage for a lifetime of struggle against Chinese officials.Yimou was in secondary school when the Cultural Revolution started in 1966.He abandoned school and worked as a laborer on a farm,and then in a textile mill (much like the one portrayed in Ju Dou).After the Cultural Revolution,Yimou became a photographer,buying his first camera in 1974.Many of his photos were published in local periodicals,including the Shaanxi Daily.
In 1979,Yimou entered the Beijing Central Film Academy (China's only film school) after a long struggle to be admitted.His initial applications were summarily rejected because he was older than the regulation application age.He was accepted only after a personal appeal to the Minister of Culture,who accepted Yimou after viewing his portfolio of photographic work.Yimou studied at the Central Film Academy until 1982,focusing on cinematography.In 1982,Yimou graduated as a member of China's Fifth Generation of filmmakers.The fifth generation is the first to have studied western film forms,and to grow away from the standard communist use of film strictly as a propaganda tool.
After graduation,Zhang was assigned to the Guangxi Film Studio in Southern China where he worked as a cameraman and a cinematographer.While there,he made contact with fellow fifth generation filmmakers Chen Kaige and Zhang Junzhao who later became his collaborators and supporters.An older filmmaker whom Yimou met while at Guangxi,Wu Tianming,also became a supporter of his work.
In 1989,Zhang Yimou made Ju Dou with Japanese funding.Zhang moved the time of the story (originally set in the 1940s in Liu Heng's novella) to the pre-communist 1920s in an attempt to avoid Chinese censorship.Ju Dou was banned in China when it came out,because the Chinese authorities deemed the movie unsuitable for a Chinese audience.However,it was submitted by China for Oscar nomination consiteration.It was nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar,making Zhang Yimou the first Chinese filmmaker to be nominated for an academy award.Yimou was not allowed to attend the award ceremony.Ju Dou wasn't controversial when the Chinese Film Bureau first submitted it for an Oscar.It became so only after the film bureau unsuccessfully sought to withdraw the film for consideration at the Academy Awards.
In 1991 Yimou made Raise the Red Lantern with Taiwanese funding.Yimou's cooperation with the Taiwanese upset the Chinese government caused escalating tensions between Yimou and the Chinese government.Due to this,the film was initially banned in China,but was nominated (as a Hong Kong entry) for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
In 1992 Yimou made The Story of Qiu Ju,under the auspices of a Chinese owned company.Perhaps taking this as a gesture of reconciliation and cooperation,the Chinese authorities were pleased with the film,swamping it with awards,and at the same time 'unbanned' Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern.
In 1994 Zhang Yimou made To Live.To Live got Yimou into trouble again when it's Hong Kong based production company was criticized for allowing it's sale and distribution without Chinese censorship and approval.
In 1997 Zhang made Keep Cool.The Chinese propaganda commissars made an attempt to keep it from Cannes' screens.Their efforts failed and it won the Grand Prix du Jury.
2000-present
Happy Times,a relatively minor film by Zhang,represented his second foray into modern Chinese city life.A seriocomic drama starring popular Chinese actor Zhao Benshan and actress Dong Jie,it was an official selection for the Berlin International Film Festival in 2002.
Zhang's next major project was the ambitious wuxia drama Hero (2002).The film was a major change in direction for Zhang,as it represented his first foray into epic filmmaking.[citation needed] Boasting an impressive lineup of Asian stars,including Jet Li,Maggie Cheung,Tony Leung Chiu-Wai,Zhang Ziyi,and Donnie Yen,Hero introduced a fictional tale revolving around Ying Zheng,the king of the State of Qin (later the first Emperor of China) and his would-be assassins.The film became a huge international hit and,with the intervention of American director Quentin Tarantino,was released in North America two years after its Chinese release after being shelved by American distributor Miramax Films.[citation needed] Hero became one of the few foreign-language films to debut at #1 at the U.S.box office,[16] and was one of the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2003 Academy Awards.
Zhang followed up the huge success of Hero with another martial arts epic,House of Flying Daggers,in 2004.Set in the Tang Dynasty,it starred Zhang Ziyi,Andy Lau,and Takeshi Kaneshiro as characters caught in a dangerous love triangle.House of Flying Daggers was generally well-received among critics,who noted the flamboyant use of color that harked back to some of Zhang's earlier works.
Released in China in 2005,Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles was a return to the more low-key drama that characterized much of Zhang's middle period pieces.The film stars legendary Japanese actor Ken Takakura,who wishes to repair relations with his alienated son,eventually led by circumstance to set out on a journey to China.Zhang had been an admirer of Takakura for over thirty years.
Zhang's most recent film,2006's Curse of the Golden Flower,saw him reunite with leading actress Gong Li.Taiwanese singer Jay Chou and Hong Kong star Chow Yun-Fat also starred in the period epic based on a play by Cao Yu.
Zhang's recent films and his involvement with the 2008 Olympics ceremony has not been without controversy; critics of Zhang claim that his recent works contrary to his earlier films has received approval from the government.However,Zhang in interviews has stated that he is not interested in politics,and it was an honor for him to direct the Olympics opening ceremony because it was "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
On a more personal note,Zhang Yimou's long-term love affair with leading lady Gong Li definitively ended recently,with her marriage to a Singaporean-born businessman.
2008 Beijing Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies
Zhang was chosen to direct the Beijing portion of the closing Ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,Greece,as well as the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,China alongside co-director and choreographer Zhang Jigang.[26] He directed the Closing Ceremony with Zhang Jigang as well.
Zhang was a runner-up for Time Magazine Person of the Year 2008.Steven Spielberg,who withdrew as an adviser to the Olympic ceremonies to pressure China to help with the conflict in Darfur,described Zhang's works in the Olympic ceremony in the Time magazine,states:"At the heart of Zhang's Olympic ceremonies was the idea that the conflict of man foretells the desire for inner peace.This theme is one he's explored and perfected in his films,whether they are about the lives of humble peasants or exalted royalty.This year he captured this prevalent theme of harmony and peace,which is the spirit of the Olympic Games.In one evening of visual and emotional splendor,he educated,enlightened and entertained us all.