Chinese Films in Focus II
Autor C. Berryen Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 noi 2008
Chinese cinema continues to go from strength to strength. After art-house hits like Chen Kaige'sYellow Earth(1984) and Wong Kar-wai'sIn the Mood for Love (2000), the Oscar-winning success of Ang Lee'sCrouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)disproved the old myth that subtitled films could not succeed at the multiplex.Chinese Films in Focus IIupdates and expands the original Chinese Films in Focus: 25 New Takeswith fourteen brand new essays, to offer thirty-four fresh and insightful readings of key individual films. The new edition addresses films from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other parts of the Chinese diaspora and the historical coverage ranges from the 1930s to the present.
The essays, by leading authorities on Chinese cinema as well as up-and-coming scholars, are concise, accessible, rich, and on the cutting edge of current research. Each contributor outlines existing writing and presents an original perspective on the film, making this volume a rich resource for classroom use, scholarly research and general reading for anyone wanting to understand more about the historical development and rich variety of Chinese cinema.
Contributors: Annette Aw, Chris Berry, Yomi Braester, Felicia Chan, Esther Cheung, Robert Chi, Rey Chow, Mary Farquhar, Carolyn FitzGerald, Ping Fu, Kristine Harris, Margaret Hillenbrand, Brian Hu, Tan See Kam, Haiyan Lee, Vivian Lee, Helen Hok-Sze Leung, David Leiwei Li, Song Hwee Lim, Kam Louie, Fran Martin, Jason McGrath, Corrado Neri, Jonathan Noble, Beremoce Reynaud, Cui Shuqin, Julian Stringer, Janice Tong, Yiman Wang, Faye Hui Xiao, Gang Gary Xu, Audrey Yue, Yingjin Zhang, John Zou
The Editor: Chris Berry is Professor of Film and Television at Goldsmiths, University of London.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781844572373
ISBN-10: 1844572374
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 44
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: British Film Institute
Colecția British Film Institute
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1844572374
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 44
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: British Film Institute
Colecția British Film Institute
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Descriere
Chinese
Films
in
Focus
IIoffers
over
thirty
fresh
and
insightful
readings
of
key
individual
films,
includingHero,Farewell
My
ConcubineandCrouching
Tiger,
Hidden
Dragon.
It
addresses
films
from
mainland
China,
Taiwan,
Hong
Kong
and
other
parts
of
the
Chinese
diaspora
and
the
historical
coverage
ranges
from
the
1930s
to
the
present.
The
essays,
by
leading
authorities
on
Chinese
cinema
as
well
as
up-and-coming
scholars,
are
concise,
accessible,
rich,
and
on
the
cutting
edge
of
current
research.
Each
contributor
outlines
existing
writing
and
presents
an
original
perspective
on
the
film,
making
this
volume
a
rich
resource
for
classroom
use,
scholarly
research
and
general
reading
for
anyone
wanting
to
understand
more
about
the
historical
development
and
rich
variety
of
Chinese
cinema.
Cuprins
Introduction:
One
Film
at
a
Time;
C.
Berry.-
15:
Deciphering
the
Local
and
'Slanging
Up'
to
the
Global;
S.
Hwee
Lim.-
Big
Shot's
Funeral:
Performing
a
Postmodern
Cinema
of
Attractions;
Y.
Zhang.-
Black
Cannon
Incident:
Countering
the
Counterespionage
Fantasy;
J.
McGrath.-
Blind
Shaft:
Underground
as
Trope;
J.
Noble.-
Boat
People:
Second
Thoughts
on
Text
and
Context;
J.
Stringer.-
Centre
Stage:
A
Shadow
in
Reverse;
B.
Reynaud.-
A
Chinese
Ghost
Story:
Ghostly
Counsel
and
Innocent
Man;
J.
Zou.-
Chungking
Express:
Time
and
its
Displacements;
J.
Tong.-
Crouching
Tiger,
Hidden
Dragon:
Cultural
Migrancy
and
Translatability;
F.
Chan.-
Crows
and
Sparrows:
Allegory
on
a
Historical
Threshold;
Y.
Wang.-
Durian,
Durian:
Defamiliarisation
of
the
'Real';
E.
Cheung.-
Ermo:
(Tele)Visualizing
Urban/Rural
Transformation;
P.
Fu.-
Farewell
My
Concubine:
National
Myth
and
City
Memories;
Y.
Braester.-
Flowers
of
Shanghai:
Visualizing
Ellipses
and
(Colonial)
Absence;
G.
Gary
Xu.-
Formula
17:
Mainstream
in
the
Margins;
B.
Hu.-
The
Goddess:
Fallen
Woman
of
Shanghai;
K.
Harris.-
Hero:
The
Return
of
a
Traditional
Masculine
Ideal
in
China;
K.
Louie.-
In
The
Mood
for
Love:
Intersections
of
Hong
Kong
Modernity;
A.
Yue.-
Kekexili:
Mountain
Patrol—Moral
Dilemma
and
a
Man
with
a
Camera;
S.
Cui.-
Love
Eterne:
Almost
a
(Heterosexual)
Love
Story;
T.
See
Kam
and
A.
Aw.-
Not
One
Less:
The
Fable
of
a
Migration;
R.
Chow.-
The
Personals:
Backward
Glances,
Knowing
Looks,
and
the
Voyeur
Film;
M.
Hillenbrand.-
PTU:
Re-mapping
the
Cosmopolitan
Crime
Zone;
V.
Lee.-
The
Red
Detachment
of
Women:
Resenting,
Regendering,
Remembering;
R.
Chi.-
Riding
Alone
for
Thousands
of
Miles:
Redeeming
the
Father
by
Way
of
Japan;
F.
Hui
Xiao.-
Spring
in
a
Small
Town:
Gazing
at
Ruins;
C.
FitzGerald.-
Suzhou
River:
Visual
Fetishism
and
the
Defamiliarisation
of
Shanghai;
A.
C.Y.
Huang.-
A
Time
to
Live,
A
Time
to
Die:
A
Time
to
Grow;
C.
Neri.-
A
Touch
of
Zen:
Action
in
Martial
Arts
Movies;
M.
Farquhar.-
Vive
L'Amour:
Eloquent
Emptiness;
F.
Martin.-
Wedding
Banquet:
A
Family
Affair;
C.
Berry.-
Woman,
Demon,
Human:
The
Spectral
Journey
Home;
H.
Lee.-
Xiao
Wu:
Watching
Time
Go
By;
C.
Berry.-
Yellow
Earth:
Hesitant
Apprenticeship
and
Bitter
Agency;
H.
Hok-Sze
Leung.-
Yi
Yi:
Reflections
on
Reflexive
Modernity
in
Taiwan;
D.
Leiwei
Li.
Notă biografică
CHRIS
BERRY is
Professor
of
Film
and
Television
Studies,
Goldsmiths,
University
of
London,
UK.
He
is
the
author
and
editor
of
many
books,
includingCinema
and
the
National:
China
on
Screen(co-authored
with
Mary
Farquhar,
Columbia
University
Press
and
Hong
Kong
University
Press,
2006)
andPostsocialist
Cinema
in
Post-Mao
China:
The
Cultural
Revolution
after
the
CulturalRevolution(Routledge,
2004).
Textul de pe ultima copertă
Chinese cinema continues to go from strength to strength. After art-house hits like Chen Kaige'sYellow Earth(1984) and Wong Kar-wai'sIn the Mood for Love (2000), the Oscar-winning success of Ang Lee'sCrouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)disproved the old myth that subtitled films could not succeed at the multiplex.Chinese Films in Focus IIupdates and expands the original Chinese Films in Focus: 25 New Takeswith fourteen brand new essays, to offer thirty-four fresh and insightful readings of key individual films. The new edition addresses films from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other parts of the Chinese diaspora and the historical coverage ranges from the 1930s to the present.
The essays, by leading authorities on Chinese cinema as well as up-and-coming scholars, are concise, accessible, rich, and on the cutting edge of current research. Each contributor outlines existing writing and presents an original perspective on the film, making this volume a rich resource for classroom use, scholarly research and general reading for anyone wanting to understand more about the historical development and rich variety of Chinese cinema.
Contributors: Annette Aw, Chris Berry, Yomi Braester, Felicia Chan, Esther Cheung, Robert Chi, Rey Chow, Mary Farquhar, Carolyn FitzGerald, Ping Fu, Kristine Harris, Margaret Hillenbrand, Brian Hu, Tan See Kam, Haiyan Lee, Vivian Lee, Helen Hok-Sze Leung, David Leiwei Li, Song Hwee Lim, Kam Louie, Fran Martin, Jason McGrath, Corrado Neri, Jonathan Noble, Beremoce Reynaud, Cui Shuqin, Julian Stringer, Janice Tong, Yiman Wang, Faye Hui Xiao, Gang Gary Xu, Audrey Yue, Yingjin Zhang, John Zou
The Editor: Chris Berry is Professor of Film and Television at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Caracteristici
Revised, updated and expanded edition of a bestselling textbook
35 indepth readings of individual Chinese films
Leading international Chinese film experts address popular films including 'Chungking Express' and 'Farewell My Concubine'
Richly illustrated with images from the films discussed