on 01.12.21 9:32 AM, Donald Larsson at [log in to unmask] wrote: > Gloria Monti requests: > > >> I am putting together a syllabus for International Cinema >> (1930-1960). On the first day of school I would like to show an >> international film (made after the 1950s) that chronicles these three >> decades. Any suggestions? Thank you. > > Any particular country/region? A few come to mind: > > China: TO LIVE (Zhang Yimou) > China: FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE (Chen Kaige) > China (but "international" in production): THE LAST EMPEROR > Japan: INSECT WOMAN (Shohei Imamura) > Hungary: SUNSHINE (Istvan Szabo) > Cuba: LUCIA (Humberto Solas) > Russia: THE INNER CIRCLE (Andrei Konchalovsky) > > Also, not quite as "international," but of interest: > THE GODFATHER (Parts 1 and 2) And you could add England - Remains of the Day to Don Larsson's useful list (frame story set in 1950s, main story in the 1930s, and depicting the end of an era and transition to American/modern values) ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html