Analysis Of The Movie 'Red Sorghum'
Nancun Yu,
Prof. Wu,
CHIN 205/305,
30th, Sept. 2015 Red Sorghum, a tale of feminism, sexual liberation.
Red Sorghum, which is Zhang Yimou’s first movies, tells a tragic story take place in rural China during 1900s. Red Sorghum, as the awards winner movies for the 38th Berlin international film festival, indeed have several significances. In example, the great portion of color red that is used in the movie has successfully created a visual impact to the audience. Apparently, the color red carries significant information throughout the whole movie. Red, as the color of blood and fire, has commonly been understood to be associated with meanings of love, passion, desire, et cetera. Despite other significance carries along with the film, in this paper it is argued how Red Sorghum expresses an aim for feminism and sexual liberation. …show more content…
Jiu’er, the narrator’s grandmother in the movie is forced into an arranged marriage (sold) to exchange for a mule. Her designated husband is rich, but suffers from leprosy. When she gets carried to the leper’s home, she met the grandfather of the narrator, the chief sedan carrier. Its appeal to be interesting that the narrator mentioned the fact that the sedan carrier eventually become his grandfather during the marriage. As a matter of fact, according to the traditional Confucianism ethical and moral codes for woman, girls should behave with decorum. While in the meantime, they shall always be loyal to their husband despite aspects. Mentioned in the other text, loss of virginity is considerate as major moral violence that would possibly lead to the death penalty. More interestingly, besides timing, the narrator said out the fact with a calm voice, as that had been taken as norm for
Prof. Wu,
CHIN 205/305,
30th, Sept. 2015 Red Sorghum, a tale of feminism, sexual liberation.
Red Sorghum, which is Zhang Yimou’s first movies, tells a tragic story take place in rural China during 1900s. Red Sorghum, as the awards winner movies for the 38th Berlin international film festival, indeed have several significances. In example, the great portion of color red that is used in the movie has successfully created a visual impact to the audience. Apparently, the color red carries significant information throughout the whole movie. Red, as the color of blood and fire, has commonly been understood to be associated with meanings of love, passion, desire, et cetera. Despite other significance carries along with the film, in this paper it is argued how Red Sorghum expresses an aim for feminism and sexual liberation. …show more content…
Jiu’er, the narrator’s grandmother in the movie is forced into an arranged marriage (sold) to exchange for a mule. Her designated husband is rich, but suffers from leprosy. When she gets carried to the leper’s home, she met the grandfather of the narrator, the chief sedan carrier. Its appeal to be interesting that the narrator mentioned the fact that the sedan carrier eventually become his grandfather during the marriage. As a matter of fact, according to the traditional Confucianism ethical and moral codes for woman, girls should behave with decorum. While in the meantime, they shall always be loyal to their husband despite aspects. Mentioned in the other text, loss of virginity is considerate as major moral violence that would possibly lead to the death penalty. More interestingly, besides timing, the narrator said out the fact with a calm voice, as that had been taken as norm for