Focusing on the work of six directors --Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and Tian Zhuangzhuang; Taiwan's Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang; and Hong Kong's Stanley Kwan--New Chinese Cinema discusses the themes and stylistic characteristics of the new cinema. Illustrated with movie stills and location shots, and drawing on interviews with many of the featured film-makers, this book brings new insight to the discussion of one of the most vibrant and influential of the world's cinematic traditions.
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Wimal Dissanayake and Tam Kwok-Kan are both at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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This review is from: New Chinese Cinema (Images of Asia) (Hardcover)
For each of the directors covered, the authors provide a short bio and sysnopses of the director's most influential works. Each director's influence on Chinese cinema is briefly discussed. Authors also track how each director's style changed from film to film. The period covered is from around 1984 to 1997, 1997 being when the book was written, which means newer films such as Chen's "The Emperor and the Assassin" and Zhang's "Not One Less" are not covered.The photos and stills included are of high quality. Unfortunately, the interviews conducted by the authors are not included. More in-depth analyses of some of the films here can be found in J. Silbergeld's "China into Film" (which unfortunately has very poor quality stills).
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WHEN WE SEEK to understand the historical evolution of any cinema, whether it is Chinese or Indian or German, it is always useful to bear in mind that cinema is a cultural practice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Hong Kong, Cultural Revolution, Fifth Generation, Zhang Yimou, Edward Yang, Chen Kaige, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Stanley Kwan, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Centre Stage, The Horse Thief, Southern Film Corporation, The Big Parade, The Blue Kite, New York, Beijing Film Academy, Brighter Summer Day, City of Sadness, Ann Hui, Full Moon, Goodbye South, Love Unto Waste, Raise the Red Lantern, Temptress Moon, Confucian Confusion New!
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WHEN WE SEEK to understand the historical evolution of any cinema, whether it is Chinese or Indian or German, it is always useful to bear in mind that cinema is a cultural practice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
red sorghum, yellow earth, horse thief Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hong Kong, Cultural Revolution, Fifth Generation, Zhang Yimou, Edward Yang, Chen Kaige, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Stanley Kwan, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Centre Stage, The Horse Thief, Southern Film Corporation, The Big Parade, The Blue Kite, New York, Beijing Film Academy, Brighter Summer Day, City of Sadness, Ann Hui, Full Moon, Goodbye South, Love Unto Waste, Raise the Red Lantern, Temptress Moon, Confucian Confusion New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Full Moon (The Moon Series, Books 1 and 2) by Rebecca York on 4 pages
- Full Moon by Bora Becca on page 73, and Back Matter
- The Oxford History of World Cinema by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Red Sorghum: A Novel of China by Mo Yan on page 25
- The Geopolitical Aesthetic: Cinema and Space in the World System (Perspectives) by Fredric R. Jameson in Back Matter
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- Sights of Contestation: Localism, Globalism and Cultural Production in Asia and the Pacific by Kwok-kan Tam on 5 pages
- Confronting Modernity in the Cinemas of Taiwan and Mainland China by Tonglin Lu in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Rethinking Third Cinema by Anthony R. Guneratne in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Chinese National Cinema (National Cinemas) by Yingjin Zhang on page 7, and Back Matter
- Japanese Musical Instruments (Images of Asia) by Hugh de Ferranti in Front Matter
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