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The poetics of Chinese cinema
Abstract
This book examines the aesthetic qualities of particular Chinese-language films and the rich artistic traditions from which they spring. It brings together leading experts in the field, and encompasses detailed and wide-ranging case studies of films such as Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Spring in a Small Town, 24 City, and The Grandmaster, and filmmakers including Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jia Zhangke, Chen Kaige, Fei Mu, Zhang Yimou, Johnnie To, and Wong Kar-wai. By illuminating the form and style of Chinese films from across cinema history, The Poetics of Chinese Cinema testifies to the artistic value and uniqueness of Chinese-language filmmaking.
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the poetics of Chinese cinema
pp.1-14
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55309-6_1the films of the Chinese cultural revolution revolutionary model operas
pp.29-49
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55309-6_3pp.51-77
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55309-6_4Fei Mu versus Tian Zhuangzhuang
pp.79-95
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55309-6_5Hou Hsiao-Hsien's Café lumière
pp.97-118
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55309-6_6the persistence of tradition
pp.119-145
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55309-6_7the Hong Kong Cantonese cinema in the 1950s
pp.167-183
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55309-6_9some basic questions (inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni and Jia Zhangke)
pp.185-202
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55309-6_10Publication details
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place: Basingstoke
Year: 2016
Pages: 227
Series: East Asian Popular Culture
DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-55309-6
ISBN (hardback): 978-1-137-56608-9
ISBN (digital): 978-1-137-55309-6
Full citation:
Bettinson Gary, Udden James (2016) The poetics of Chinese cinema. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.