春香闹学 (1920)

Directed by

Mei Lanfang

Country

Republic of China

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A silent film adaptation of a scene from the opera The Peony Pavilion. A young maid named Chunxiang disrupts her lessons by teasing the strict tutor Chen Zuiliang.

lightheartedplayfulcomedictheatricalwhimsicalhistorical

What happens

《春香闹学》，京戏电影，由商务印书馆活动影戏部于1920年出品，梅兰芳为导演。该剧根据明代戏曲作家汤显祖的作品《牡丹亭》中的一折改编而成。 有一姓杜的官员，请了一位名叫陈最良的老先生教他的女儿杜丽娘读书。杜丽娘有一小婢，名唤“春香”，也在学堂伴读。春香不懂读书为何，在学堂一味嬉戏玩笑。陈最良教育春香，却反被春香戏弄。陈最良一气之下打算请辞不教，杜丽娘好言相劝，让春香跪求饶恕，陈最良方才不与她计较。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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