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Which 1984 Fifth Generation film, directed by Chen Kaige and photographed by Zhang Yimou, uses the arid loess landscapes of Shaanxi as a visual metaphor and is considered the founding work of the movement?
Answer: Yellow Earth — Yellow Earth (Huang tudi) broke from socialist-realist convention with its static compositions, vast empty landscapes and focus on a Communist soldier's failed attempt to collect folk songs.
- A Red Sorghum
- B One and Eight
- C The Horse Thief
- D Yellow Earth ✓
Yellow Earth (Huang tudi) broke from socialist-realist convention with its static compositions, vast empty landscapes and focus on a Communist soldier's failed attempt to collect folk songs.