The China Institute SINOMATHÈQUE Film Series presentsUS Premiere Screening of Confucius
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Two showings: 5 pm and 7 pm
Confucius (96 min., FEI Mu, 1940, B&W, Digital Beta, Mandarin Chinese & English Subtitles)
In collaboration with the Hong Kong Film Archive, China Institute is proud to present master director FEI Mu’s film classic Confucius (1940), an early 20th century portrayal of Confucius’ thought and life. Directed by Fei Mu (1906 –1951), the leading filmmaker of Chinese left-wing cinema movement prior to China’s pre-Communist era, Confucius was premiered in Shanghai and later shown across China from the end of 1940 through 1941. It was presumed lost following its brief re-run in 1948 until the Hong Kong Film Archive received a film negative of Confucius donated by an anonymous collector in 2001. With the help of the experts from the renowned film restoration and conservation workshop L‘Immagine Ritrovata of Italy and extensive research by local scholars, the Hong Kong Film Archive released the film during the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 2009.
