Sinascape : contemporary Chinese cinema / Gary G. Xu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xu, Gary G., 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--China.

Motion pictures.

China.

Physical Description:

xii, 175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2007]

Summary:

Sinascape: Contemporary Chinese Cinema is one of the most comprehensive studies of transnational Chinese-language films at the turn of the millennium. Based on his working relationship with filmmakers, Gary Xu combines a close reading of contemporary movies from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong with an intimate look into the transnational Chinese film industry. He coins the word "sinascape" to reflect on the intersection between Chinese cinema and global cultural production, referring to cinematic representations of ethnic Chinese people around the globe. Sinascape describes contemporary Chinese cinema as a global network and a group of contact zones where ideologies clash, new identities emerge (through both border crossings and resistance to globalization), and visual innovations and progressive visions become possible. General readers, film enthusiasts, and critics alike will benefit from Xu's discussion of popular film, which leads to a broader conversation about China's economic transformations, global politics, and cultural production. Including discussion of 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, the book emphasizes the transnational nature of contemporary Chinese cinema.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Right to Copy and the Digital Copyright: Hero, House of Flying Daggers, and China's Cultural Symptoms 25

Chapter 2 Violence, Sixth Generation Filmmaking, and Devils on the Door step 47

Chapter 3 "My Camera Doesn't Lie": Cinematic Realism and Chinese Cityscape in Beijing Bicycle and Suzhou River 67

Chapter 4 Shaw Brothers' Old Cinema Excavated: From Kung Fu Hustle to Goodbye, Dragon Inn 89

Chapter 5 The Smell of the City: Memory and Hou Hsiao-hsien's Millennium Mambo 111

Chapter 6 Hollywood Hong Kong, Hollywood Hong Kong, and the Cinematic Mode of Production 133

Postscript: Remaking East Asia 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169) and index.

ISBN:

074255449X

0742554503

OCLC:

70265557

Publisher Number:

9780742554498

9780742554504