Sinascape: Contemporary Chinese Cinema

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 791.430951 EAN: 9780742554504 ISBN: 0742554503 Label: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: 2007-02-28 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Studio: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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Editorial Reviews: Sinascape: Contemporary Chinese Cinema is a comprehensive study of Chinese-language films at the turn of the millennium. Emphasizing the transnational nature of contemporary Chinese cinema, it provides close readings of most of the important films of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and explores the interactions and transactions among these films and between Chinese cinema and Hollywood. General readers, film enthusiasts, and critics will all benefit from Gary Xu's discussion of popular films like Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Kung Fu Hustle, Devils on the Doorstep, Suzhou River, Beijing Bicycle, Millennium Mambo, Goodbye Dragon Inn, and Hollywood Hong Kong.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: A comprehensive examination of transnational Chinese-language films Comment: Associate professor of Chinese, comparative literature, cinema studies, and criticism Gary Xu applies knowledge gained from his working relationship with filmmakers in Sinascape: Contemporary Chinese Cinema, a comprehensive examination of transnational Chinese-language films of the turn of the millennium. Sinascape applies its sharp-eyed focus to spotting trends and interpreting aspects in Chinese cinema, and uses examples of popular Chinese movies to illustrate its points, but should not be confused with a grand catalog of Chinese films. Movies dissected at length in the essays include "Hero, House of Flying Daggers", "Devils on the Doorstep", "My Camera Doesn't Lie", "Kung Fu Hustle", "Goodbye, Dragon Inn", "Millennium Mambo", and "Hollywood Hong Kong". Occasional black-and-white photographs, a bibliography, and an index round out this guide recommended for cinema students and philosophically inclined fans of Chinese cinema. More Reviews