Beijing Film Academy 2022

The Journal of Beijing Film Academy was first published in 1984. It is edited by the Department of Film Studies at the Beijing Film Academy and is highly respected for showcasing the foremost research in Chinese cinema and film education.Mr. Coulson's passion for Chinese was ignited in part by his mother's love of Asia and in part by a love for challenge and a desire to conquer the, "world's most difficult language." Having learned colloquial Chinese and to read and write Chinese both the traditional and modern simplified scripts, Mr. Coulson has been deepening his knowledge of classical Chinese by reading classical and Chinese philosophical texts. In his 10+ years of eclectic translation experience, Mr. Coulson's has developed a unique personal approach to translation is guided by a strong love of poetry and the "music" of language. He feels that his primary role as a translator is to find the poetic beauty, and the rhythmic and musical soul underscoring the text. This approach is particularly fitting for Chinese translation, as the language is steeped in poetry, e.g., classical Tang and Song poems. His background in art, acting, film-making and music also help bring artistic sensibilities to the language; making the finished text an enjoyable and quick read. When not engaged in translation work, Mr. Coulson enjoys spending time with family, studying and making music, and writing and singing songs.

• 1. Director Lee Hon Cheung’s “Seducteur” film series2. Lenses, Dark Boxes, and New Sensory Experiences3. Miranda Yang’s Comeback and Curtain Call4. Restructuring and Transformation amidst Cataclysmic Change5. Taking a Microscope to Lam Nin-Tung’s “Wandering Lens”6. The Interalogical Aesthetic in Chinese Cinema7. The Link between PreCode Hollywood and 1930s Leftist Cinema8. The National Language Campaign, Film Censorship and Dialect Cinema9. The Otherworldly Vision of Science Fiction Transposed onto China10. Zhang Wentian and the Fate of 1930s the Revolutionary Petite Bourgeoisie