Weiqi Wonders: Conversations about the Game of Go in China.
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- čas přidán 10. 03. 2020
- This documentary was made to complement the anthropology book Go Nation: Chinese Masculinities and the Game of Weiqi in China (UC Press). www.amazon.com/gp/product/052...
Film Description:
Weiqi, often referred to as "Go" in English, is arguably the most important game in East Asia, with an estimated thirty million to fifty million players throughout the world. Weiqi is a board game but it is more. It is immersed in more vivid and often contradictory cultural metaphors than any other game in the world. As Chinese politics have changed over the last two millennia, so too has the imagery of the game-from a tool to seek religious enlightenment to military metaphors, one of the noble four arts, one of the condemned “four olds”, nationalism, transnationalism, historical elitism, and futuristic hyper rationality.
Anthropologist Marc L. Moskowitz interviews people in China in settings ranging from children's schools to China's elite Beijing University to a park where retired working class men gather to play, from child educators to those reminiscing about their own youth during the Cultural Revolution. What emerges is a fascinating cultural study as people discuss children's education, retirement, China forty years ago and today. We are witness to people's lives, ranging from university students to working class senior citizens, professional players, people who gave up professional careers to become students, and a range of others who all share a love for this extraordinary game.
Weiqi Wonders Home Page: www.marclmoskowitz.com/docume... - Krátké a kreslené filmy
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Thank you all for your kind words. It is kind of an amateurish production but I had fun with it.
This is the best documentary I've ever seen in a while. Thank you soooo much. I am eternally grateful.
Thank YOU for your kind words. The review I got on Amazon was less gracious! :*)
I've been looking for material on what Go teaches about philosophy, life, business, etc. This documentary was wonderful. Thank you for sharing it.
In answer to one of your questions, I'm not sure why CZcams converted it to low def since the version I uploaded was close to a gig. The DVD version on Amazon is high def but that is DVD only, for ($20) I'm afraid. Sorry!
Thanks. I’ve enjoyed it very much.
Great documentary!
Thanks, there are not much films about the game.
Great ethnographic documentary. Thank you for sharing insight into Chinese Go players.
Thank you very much for your work, and for sharing it here!! As a western player it was very interesting to learn more about how weiqui is seen and practiced in China. Definetly looking forward to buy and read your book!!
PS.: Do you play weiqui? ^^
This is a brilliant film. Shame that image quality is poor, but the messages are many and enlightening. Especially those from the Art of War. Many thanks!
Great documentary thank you for making it. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I have heard about this movie on KGS....I,m very impressed of it. Thank you
Incredible documentary. Thank you.
Great! Love to find well done, new content on Go/Weiqi
Great documentary ! So grateful for your work ! Would like a serie of 10 like this tbh ahah
Greatest documentary on go!
Great documentary !!!
Best Documentary I´ve seen about the game of Go! Very intreresting!
Thank you for your film! The best about weiqi I ever seen! Do you think to make another one? About current situation.
Thanks for your positive feedback! It would be great to deal with Alpha Go, etc. but I suspect my film making days are over. It is just too expensive/time consuming. Again, though, I appreciate your kind words.
Hi, could you enable the contribuitions? I would like write Spanish subtitles for your video :)
I don't know how to do that but feel free to download it and repost it with Spanish subtitles if you want. Maybe add the link to the Spanish version here when you are done? Thanks for your interest.
In answer to fleder moss's question, I play relatively fast games on KGS (heibai). I am only 2k and I
think I will be 3k again soon if I keep playing as badly as I have been
lately (sigh).
Do you have better quality?
Hey, If you play on ogs we might have a game sometime - we are probably about the same rank. I'm 8fledermaus8 over there. ^^
Russian professional Go player Alexandre Dinerchtein just had this documentary translated into Russian: czcams.com/video/Rc-QQQXkf9w/video.html
- Sun Tzu 22:26 ... ... .
Tao Yi King
- "yin~yang" (philosophy) 33:20 ... ...
New Style :
- 36:36 Nie Weiping (contributor as an alternative to the cultural revolution ; faith in the future : play weiqi)
- 38:20 Wu Qinguyan (important promoter, genius)
- 39:49 Chen Yi (Protector Cultural Weiqi)
| : Make Me Smile : |
[ OBVIOUSLY ]
42:30 & more ...
🙏, Thx : |
hi I would play a permanent name that would come to China outside in front of mature people in this article
Chinese and Japanese don't have much respect to Go. Korean players have been the best in the world. Even today, rank 1 player Shin jin seo has unreal rating and win ratio. But he earns way less than best in Japanese or Chinese. If it was football, it's like prime Messi having 1/10th salary than Spanish player in La Liga. While Go is the most beautiful game, the sponsors need better education.