- Title: MLF-2001
- Summary: FROM MAO TO MOZART: ISAAC STERN IN CHINA
- Description:01:00:18 - CU OF PLANE ON TARMAC, TAXIING 01:00:24 - ISAAC STERN ARRIVES IN CHINA, SHAKES HANDS WITH ASIANS, WALKS ON TARMAC 01:00:36 - CHINESE AIRPORT WITH BANNER OF MAO,STERN WALK TO TERMINAL 01:00:48 - ISAAC STERN ON STAGE WITH CHINESE ORCHESTRA, SHAKES HANDS AND BOW WITH MUSICIANS 01:01:02 - CHINESE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS 01:01:08 - ISAAC STERN WITH VIOLIN ON STAGE, SMILING , TITLE CRD SUPERIMPOSED "FROM MAO TO MOZART" 01:01:19 - PAN OF CHINESE AUDIENCE, TITLE CARD: "ISAAC STERN IN CHINA" 01:01:28 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF CHINESE LANDSCAPES 01:01:51 - CHINESE FISHERMAN WITH NET, MOUNTAINS AND RUSTIC HOUSE 01:01:56 - CHINESE WOMAN WASHES CLOTHES IN THE RIVER 01:02:02 - SHOTS OF CHINESE PEASANTS CARRYING BASKETS, COOLEY HATS, MOUNTAIN BACKDROP 01:02:14 - CHINESE PEASANTS CARRYING SHEAVES OF GRAIN AND CHAIRS, MANUAL LABOR 01:02:22 - MULE PULLED WAGON WITH CHINESE PEASANTS ON STREET WITH CARS 01:02:29 - CHINESE PEASANTS 01:02:36 - CHINESE STREETS WITH BICYCLES AND CARS, TEMPLE, CITY SCENE 01:02:45 - CROWDED CHINESE SIDEWALKS IN CITY, MANY BICYCLISTS, TROLLEYS, TIANANMEN SQUARE ? 01:03:17 - POSTERS OF CHAIRMAN MAO ZEDONG, CAMERA ZOOMS OUT TO TIANANMEN SQUARE 01:03:40 - ISAAC STERN AT OFFICIAL DINNER IN CHINA, LISTENS TO SPEECHES, FEMALE TRANSLATOR 01:04:06 - ISAAC STERN AT RECEPTION AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CU OF STERN TALKING. LEONARD WOODCOCK AMERICAN AMBASSADOR. ISAAC STERN'S FAMILY AND CHILDREN, DAVID GOLUB PIANIST 01:04:52 - ISAAC STERN LOOKS AT HIS NAME IN CHINESE CHARACTERS, SITTING AT DINNER 01:05:18 - CHINESE MAN MAKES SPEECH IN ENGLISH ABOUT FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN COUNTRIES 01:05:34 - ISAAC STERN MAKE SPEECH, TRANSLATED INTO CHINESE, TOAST, RAISED GLASSES 01:06:21 - SMILING STERN 01:06:24 - CHINESE ORCHESTRA: OH SUSANNA (live) CHINESE MUSICIANS PLAY "OH SUSANNA" WITH CHINESE INSTRUMENTS 01:07:24 - CHINESE BOATS, JUNKS, SAMPANS IN RIVER 01:07:37 - GREAT WALL OF CHINA, RAINY DAY 01:07:41 - CHINESE TEMPLE 01:07:49 - CHINESE AUDIENCE LISTENS 01:07:56 - ISAAC STERN PLAYS WITH CHINESE ORCHESTRA, REHEARSAL, PEKING CENTRAL ORCHESTRA, CUT TO AUDIENCE, FIRST VIOLINIST TRANSLATES STERN'S INSTRUCTIONS. STERN COMMENTS ON THEIR LACK OF PASSION IN THE BEGINNING OF REHEARSALS 01:12:36 - CHINESE MUSICIAN AND ISAAC STERN TALK ABOUT MOZART AND FEUDAL AND ECONOMIC STATES OF EUROPE 01:13:41 - STERN PLAYS VIOLIN 01:14:32 - STERN PERFORMS WITH CHINESE ORCHESTRA 01:14:54 - CHINESE MUSICIANS ARRIVE AT TEMPLE, STATUE OF LION 01:15:05 - STERN MEETS WITH MUSICIANS AND FANS 01:15:20 - REHEARSAL WITH CHINESE MUSICIANS, CUT TO AUDEINCE 01:16:23 - ISAAC STERN TALKS ABOUT THE MISTAKES MADE WITH BOW, MUSICIANS WORKSHOP, STERN DEMONSTRATES, MAKES JOKE ABOUT PING PONG 01:17:44 - STERN CORRECTS LITTLE GIRL PLAYING VIOLIN, MAKES HER SING, GIVES ADVICE AND DEMONSTRATES FOR STUDENTS, GETS A BIG LAUGH, KEEPS FOAM RUBBER IN HIS SHIRT, CUT TO AUDIENCE 01:22:46 - MARTIAL ARTS OR PERFORMANCE ART DEMONSTRATION. ANCIENT CHINESE ARTS, CHINESE INSTRUMENTS, PEKING OPERA REHEARSALS 01:26:18 - ECU OF CHINESE LUTE INSTRUMENT, CAMERA ZOOMS OUT, STERN WATCHES THE PERFORMANCE 01:27:21 - POV MOVING TRAIN THROUGH CHINA COUNTRYSIDE, CROSSING RIVERS AND RICE PATTIES 01:28:14 - HIGH ANGLED SHOT DOWN AT MOVING TRAIN, STEAM 01:28:25 - PERFORMANCE OF CHINESE MEN MAKING SOUND EFFECTS, WEIRD, STERN CALLS IT A TYPE OF VAUDEVILLE SHOW, CUT TO CHEERING AUDIENCE 01:29:30 - SPINNING PLATE ACT, CHINESE CIRCUS PERFORMANCE, LASSO, ACROBATICS, DRAGON COSTUMES 01:30:31 - AERIAL SHOT OF CHINESE COUNTRYSIDE 01:30:46 - POV MOVING BOAT ALONG CHINESE RIVER, SAMPAN BOATS, TEMPLE IN THE WOODS, BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY 01:31:55 - BUSY CHINESE HARBOR 01:32:14 - BUSY STREETS OF CHINESE CITY, POV MOVING VEHICLE, SHANGHAI 01:32:50 - MS OF CHINESE MAN ON THE STREET, TALKS ABOUT COUNTRY WESTERN MUSIC, LIKES JOHN DENVER AND CRYSTAL GAYLE, THE BEE GEES AND DOLLY PARTON, VERY CUTE 01:33:09 - TAI CHI DEMONSTRATION IN STREET, LARGE GROUP OF CHINESE 01:33:31 - CHINESE GIRLS PLAY PATTY CAKE 01:33:36 - BOYS WATCH OLD MEN PLAY GAME IN THE STREET 01:33:55 - BUSY STREETS OF SHANGHAI 01:34:06 - HUGE BANNER FOR ISAAC STERN CONCERT WITH CHINESE CHARACTERS 01:34:11 - DAVID GOLUB, PIANIST, REHEARSES WHILE ISAAC STERN WATCHES, NOT HAPPY WITH THE PIANO, ASKS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF PIANOS THEY HAVE IN CHINA. HUMIDITY DESTROYED THE FELTS ON THE HAMMERS. DISCUSS SHIPPING A PIANO FROM PEKING TO SHANGHAI, BIG PRODUCTION 01:37:11 - CHINESE ARMY TRUCK DELIVERS A PIANO FROM A RADIO STATION IN SHANGHAI 01:37:39 - CU OF CHINESE PIANO TUNER, STERN AND GOLUB CLEAN THE KEYS OF PIANO 01:38:00 - GOLUB AND STERN REHEARSE 01:38:20 - CHINESE WITH UMBRELLAS 01:38:27 - CHINESE IN LOBBY OF CONCERT HALL, LOOK AT PICTURES OF STERN AND GOLUB 01:38:29 - ISAAC STERN AND DAVID GOLUB PERFORM 01:40:35 - SONG ENDS, AUDIENCE APPLAUSE, POV BACK STAGE 01:40:46 - CHINESE AUDIENCE APPLAUDING 01:40:55 - ISAAC STERN WITH DAVID GOLUB (live) STERN AND GOLUB PERFORM IN CHINA, ECU OF STERN PLAYING 01:42:52 - SONG ENDS, AUDIENCE APPLAUSE, LITTLE CHILDREN PRESENT BOUQUETS TO MUSICIANS, PRIME MINISTER AND MADAME SUN YAT SEN SHAKE HANDS, VERY PLEASED 01:43:47 - CHINESE PING PONG TRAINING CENTER 01:44:16 - MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING, GYMNASIUM, SHAOLIN STICK FIGHTING 01:44:56 - ISAAC STERN WATCHES AND MAKES JOKE 01:45:00 - GYMNASTICS, HORSE ROUTINE, ACROBATICS, HIGH BAR, VERY LITTLE CHILDREN 01:45:48 - EXT OF MUSIC CONSERVATORY IN SHANGHAI, 01:45:58 - DIRECTOR OF SHANGHAI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, LITTLE CHILDREN LIVE IN DORMITORIES, LOOKS LIKE ORPHANAGE, MANY GIRLS COMB THEIR HAIR IN ONE MIRROR. STUDENTS VERY DISCIPLINED AND PROPER 01:47:15 - CHILDREN EAT IN ONE LARGE ROOM, LOOKS LIKE MESS HALL, BOWL LICKS BOWL. ALL CHILDREN WASH THEIR OWN BOWL 01:47:46 - LITTLE CHILDREN STAND IN COURTYARD, STAND IN ROWS AND MARCH INTO BUILDING, SIT STRAIGHT UP IN SMALL CHAIRS AND SING SCALES, SCARY 01:49:11 - CUTE LITTLE CHINESE GIRL SINGS IN FRONT OF BLACKBOARD WITH MUSIC, CUT TO CUTE CHILDREN'S FACES LISTENING, MUSIC SCHOOL IN CHINA 01:50:08 - LITTLE CHINESE CHILDREN PLAY VIOLIN, MUSIC LESSONS 01:50:57 - GIRL PLAYS TRADITIONAL CHINESE INSTRUMENT WITH BOW, EHRU MUSIC LESSON, CU OF INSTRUCTOR 01:52:32 - PIANO LESSON IN CHINA, LITTLE BOY PLAYS WESTERN MUSIC 01:52:53 - VIOLIN LESSON IN CHINA 01:53:14 - DIRECTOR OF SHANGHAI CONSERVATORY 01:53:36 - CHINESE MUSICIANS PERFORM, ISAAC STERN LISTENS, PLAYING FAST MUSIC, CONCENTRATE ON TECHNIQUE 01:54:59 - CHINESE VIOLINIST AND PIANIST PLAY 01:55:30 - ISAAC STERN PLAYS VIOLIN, DEMONSTRATES FOR CHINESE MUSICIANS, TALKS ATO GROUP OF STUDENTS, STERN TRIES TO BRING OUT THEIR EMOTION, LESS EMPHASIS ON BEING ROBOT-LIKE, AUDIENCE LAUGHS 01:56:45 - YOUNG CELLIST REHEARSES 01:57:59 - YOUNG CHINESE PIANIST PERFORMS FOR STERN, STERN PRAISES HIM 02:00:28 - STERN TALKS TO CHINESE ABOUT CHINESE MUSICIANS, THE YOUNG CHILDREN ARE BETTER THAN THE OLDER TEENS, CHINESE TRANSLATOR TALKS ABOUT THE TRAINING AND STERN TALKS ABOUT THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION 02:02:56 - CHINESE TEEN VIOLINIST PLAYS 02:03:10 - MAKING VIOLINS, CHINESE PROFESSOR TALKS ABOUT THE IMPERIALISTS BEING THE FOREIGN DEVILS AND BEING PUT IN A DARK CLOSET OVER THE WASTE LINE FOR 14 MONTHS. PUNISHED FOR TEACHING WESTERN MUSIC DURING THE REVOLUTION. TALKS ABOUT CRYING WHEN HE FINALLY SAW HIS GRANDDAUGHTER. TEN PROFESSORS DIED OF SUICIDE 02:07:20 - CU OF CHINESE AUDIENCE 02:07:27 - ISAAC STERN AND DAVID GOLUB STERN AND GOLUB PLAY 02:10:06 - ISAAC STERN WATCHES YOUNG CHINESE GIRL PLAY VIOLIN 02:11:19 - STERN INSTRUCTS YOUNG PLAYER, DEMONSTRATES, TALKS ABOUT MUSIC BEING EVERY COLOR, PUTS HIS ARM AROUND YOUNG GIRL AND PRAISES HER 02:13:59 - PAN OF CHINESE AUDIENCE LISTENING TO STERN 02:14:18 - STERN TALKS TO AUDIENCE 02:14:28 - STERN DEMONSTRATES, PLAYING WITH PASSION, VARIOUS YOUNG CHINESE TEENS WATCH AND SMILE 02:16:56 - STERN PLAYS WITH CHINESE ORCHESTRA, STOPS THEM AND DEMONSTRATES 02:17:23 - STERN DEMONSTRATES PASSIONATELY OVER AND OVER AGAIN 02:17:47 - STERN PLAYS WITH ORCHESTRA, CUTS TO STERN SPEAKING ABOUT MUSIC, CHINESE STUDENTS PLAYING PASSIONATELY 02:19:50 - STERN SHAKES HANDS WITH YOUNG CHINESE MUSICIANS AND BOWS 02:20:00 - STERN PLAYS WITH ORCHESTRA, WS 02:20:26 - CHINESE AUDIENCE APPLAUDING 02:20:30 - STERN SHAKES HANDS WITH CONDUCTOR AND FIRST VIOLINIST 02:20:39 - CHINESE AUDIENCE WITH CREDITS SUPERIMPOSED IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE 02:21:06 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1979
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: MLF-2001