Growing Up (1983 film)
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Growing Up is a 1983 film by Taiwanese filmmaker Chen Kunhou
.
The screenplay was the first collaboration between Hou Hsiao-hsien
and Chu T'ien-wen.
The film made the young star, Doze Niu
, "a pop icon and tagged him with a rebellious image."
Growing Up was the film that "first attracted broad critical and popular attention to the movement" known as New Taiwan Cinema. It "established some of the movement's key stylistic approaches and narrative concerns, with its subdued manner in relating the story of an adolescent boy grappling with everyday pangs amid Taiwan's fraught provincial context."
's landmark work, The 400 Blows
.
Chen Kunhou
Chen Kunhou is a Taiwanese film director and cinematographer. He is known for his film, Growing Up , one of the films that initiated the Taiwan New Cinema movement. Chen was also the cinematographer for several of fellow director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's earlier films.-External links:...
.
The screenplay was the first collaboration between Hou Hsiao-hsien
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Hou Hsiao-Hsien is an award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement.-Biography:...
and Chu T'ien-wen.
The film made the young star, Doze Niu
Doze Niu
"Doze" Niu Chen-Zer is a Taiwanese actor, film director, show host, screenwriter and producer. As a film director, he is best known for the Taiwanese film Monga.-Life and career:...
, "a pop icon and tagged him with a rebellious image."
Growing Up was the film that "first attracted broad critical and popular attention to the movement" known as New Taiwan Cinema. It "established some of the movement's key stylistic approaches and narrative concerns, with its subdued manner in relating the story of an adolescent boy grappling with everyday pangs amid Taiwan's fraught provincial context."
Comparative perspective
For its treatment of the experience of an ordinary urban boy getting into progressively more serious trouble, Growing Up bears comparison with François TruffautFrançois Truffaut
François Roland Truffaut was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five...
's landmark work, The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows is a 1959 French film directed by François Truffaut. One of the defining films of the French New Wave, it displays many of the characteristic traits of the movement. The story revolves around Antoine Doinel, an ordinary adolescent in Paris, who is thought by his parents and teachers...
.
External links
- Growing Up at the Chinese Movie Database