The cinema of Feng Xiaogang : commercialization and censorship in Chinese cinema after 1989 / Rui Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Rui.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feng, Xiaogang--Criticism and interpretation.

Feng, Xiaogang.

Motion pictures--China.

Motion pictures.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Criticism and interpretation.

China.

Motion picture producers and directors--China.

Physical Description:

196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Aberdeen, Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2008]

Summary:

Beginning first as a case study of Feng Xiaogang, this book explores Chinese film history since the early 1990s in terms of changes of the Communist Party's film policy, industry reforms, the official promotion of Main Melody films and the emergence and growth of popular cinema. The image of Feng that emerges in this book is of a filmmaker working under political and economic pressures in a post-socialist state while still striving to create works with a personal socio-political agenda. In keeping with this reality, this book approaches Feng as a special kind of film auteur whose works must be interpreted with attention to the specific social and political context of contemporary China.

The book will be a useful reference tool for students and scholars in the fields of Chinese studies, Chinese film history and film studies. It could also be used as textbook for classes about Asian cinema, international cinema and Chinese culture/film studies. The extensive use of data about the Chinese film market, and elaborate analysis of the situation of Chinese film industry make this book a valuable volume for classroom and personal use. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 2 Chinese Cinema on the Eve of the Tian'anmen Incident 21

Chapter 3 Chinese Cinema from 1989 to the Middle of the 1990s and Feng Xiaogang's Early Career 33

Chapter 4 New Year Films and Chinese Cinema at the End of the 1990s 63

Chapter 5 The "Corporate Era" of Chinese Cinema in the New Millennium and Feng's Post-New Year Productions 103.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-191) and index.

Includes filmography (p. [177]-180).

ISBN:

9789622098855

9622098851

962209886X

9789622098862

OCLC:

183264985