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A hundred outstanding Chinese films have been
selected in memory of the Chinese film centennial, a jury announced in Beijing on
December 27.
A hundred films and three extra cartoon films were selected from the
220 nominated by a jury consisting of 100 film artists, critics and
historians in the Chinese mainland, said Zhang Sitao, jury chairman and
president of the China Society of Taiwan and Hong Kong Films Research.
According to the selection statute, feature films, traditional opera
films and cartoon films which were shot by studios in the mainland, Hong
Kong, Macao and Taiwan were qualified for nomination.
"The Promise," directed by Chen Kaige, was in the list of selected
films, though the selection had finished before the film was publicly
released in December.
Chen's "Yellow Earth" was also chosen.
The list also includes three films by Zhang Yimou - "Red Sorghum," "Qiu
Ju Goes to Court" and "Hero."
Among the 100, 76 percent were made after the foundation of NewChina in
1949, Zhang said.
Twelve films made in Hong Kong and eight made in Taiwan were included
in the list.
The Hong Kong films include "Drunken Master" by Yuen Woo-ping, "Police
Story" by Jackie Chan, "A Better Tomorrow" by John Woo, "Rouge" by Stanley
Kwan, "Butterfly Murders" by Tsui Hark, "Chungking Express" by Wong
Kai-wai and "Infernal Affairs" by Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak.
The named Taiwan films include "Beautiful Duckling" by Hsing Lee, "A
City of Sadness" by Hou Hsiao-Hsien and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
and "Eat Drink Man Woman" by Ang Lee.
The selection, organized by the Chinese Film Critics Society and the
China Society of Taiwan and Hong Kong Films Research, went on with three
standards - the unity of ideology and art, the status in the film history
and the influence among the public.
"The result reflects the general panorama of the
centennial Chinese film in a basically accurate and across-the-board
way," said the Film Bureau of the State Administration
of Radio, Film and Television, which authorized the selection.
(Xinhua) | 
Updated: 2005-12-29 10:56
