foolip Posted April 28, 2007 at 12:04 PM Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 at 12:04 PM The 1948 film Spring in a Small Town now on archive.org. It's sometimes called the greatest Chinese film ever. Enjoy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
student Posted April 28, 2007 at 09:59 PM Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 at 09:59 PM Is the screenplay available online somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolip Posted April 28, 2007 at 11:07 PM Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 at 11:07 PM A transcript is available from MCLC Resource Center. I've already asked if subtitles can be made from the transcript but they said no since they've already licensed it to someone making a DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
student Posted April 29, 2007 at 03:25 PM Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 at 03:25 PM Do you know if the original chinese script is available online? Thanks very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolip Posted April 29, 2007 at 03:42 PM Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 at 03:42 PM Do you want the Chinese subtitles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
student Posted April 30, 2007 at 12:59 AM Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 at 12:59 AM That would be great! Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolip Posted April 30, 2007 at 01:13 AM Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 at 01:13 AM Sorry, it seems that the file was damaged in upload, I'm trying to correct that now... The derived version (mpeg1, mpeg4) are incomplete. Be patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolip Posted April 30, 2007 at 02:20 AM Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 at 02:20 AM In the meantime, Chinese subtitles: http://senduit.com/cdd073 (expires in one week) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
student Posted April 30, 2007 at 05:18 PM Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 at 05:18 PM Now I realize my ignorance... how can I use the files you so kindly uploaded? Thanks very much for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolip Posted April 30, 2007 at 05:32 PM Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 at 05:32 PM The subtitles are in VobSub format. If you use windows, google will probably be happy to tell you what software you can use to watch them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolip Posted May 1, 2007 at 12:41 AM Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 at 12:41 AM OK, the files on archive.org have now been fixed, go ahead and download! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atitarev Posted August 30, 2007 at 01:03 PM Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 at 01:03 PM Attached are the Chinese subtitles of 《小城之春 I converted tonight - format Unicode. I used subOCR 0.98 beta. I fixed the title and checked a few sentences, they look good: 3 住在一个小城里边4 每天过着没有变化的日子 5 早晨买完了莱 6 总喜欢到城墙上走一趟 7 总喜欢到城墙上走一趟 8 这在我已经成了习惯 Enjoy! Thanks Foolip for the suggestion. Be in touch:) 64 Kb movie is really poor quality for both watching and listening, downloading 256. Xiao Cheng Zhi Chun.txt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted June 27, 2014 at 09:44 AM Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 at 09:44 AM Bump! Watched this last night at the BFI, surprisingly full for a mid-week showing of a 1948 Chinese movie which even the director admits (according to the program notes) could be seen as a bit dull. Oh, but it's good though. 93 minutes, hardly anything happens, and you still can't take your eyes off the screen. I'd strongly recommend this for learners. It's free online, there's a transcript, the language is straightforward and delivered slowly and clearly, and there are so many pauses you could do paper-dictionary lookups on new characters and still keep up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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