World film locations Singapore / edited by Lorenzo Codelli ; contributors Philip Cheah [and thirteen others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Codelli, Lorenzo, editor.

Cheah, Philip, contributor.

Series:

World film locations series

World Film Locations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture locations--Singapore.

Motion picture locations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : Intellect Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A vibrant city and country nestled at the foot of the Malaysian peninsula, Singapore has long been a crossroads, a stopping point, and a cultural hub where goods, inventions, and ideas are shared and traded.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Singapore: City of the Imagination; Malay Screen in a Predominantly Chinese Singapore; Scenes 1-7: 1910 - 1958; COCONUT PLANTATION/À TRAVERS UNE PLANTATION DE COCOTIERS À SINGAPOUR (1910); MALAYA WAR RECORD: A RECORD OF THE MARCH ONWARD/MARE SENKI: SHINGEKI NO KIROKU (1942); SINGAPORE (1947); BROKEN HEART/PATAH HATI (1952); THE MOULDY BACHELORS/BUJANG LAPOK (1957); MOON OVER MALAYA (1957); CURSE OF PONTIANAK/SUMPAH PONTIANAK (1958); The Outsider's Singapore: A Brief History of 'Western' Film-makers' Expeditions in Singapore

Scenes 8-14: 1961 - 1966POISONOUS BLOWPIPE/SUMPITAN RACUN (1961); MONDO CANE (1962); MY MOTHER-IN-LAW/IBU MERTUAKU (1962); DIVORCE MADNESS/GILA TALAK (1963); MAT 3/4/MAT TIGA SUKU (1964); SO DARLING SO DEADLY AKA AGENTE JOE WALKER OPERAZIONE FAR EAST AKA KOMMISSAR X: IN DEN KLAUEN DES GOLDENEN DRACHEN (1966); FIVE ASHORE IN SINGAPORE AKA CINQ GARS POUR SINGAPOUR AKA CINQUE MARINES PER SINGAPORE (1966); A History of Saying No: Singapore International Film Festival and Censorship; Scenes 15-21: 1967 - 1990; PRETTY POLLY AKA A MATTER OF INNOCENCE (1967)

IN SEARCH OF THE UNRETURNED SOLDIERS IN MALAYSIA/MIKIKANHEI O OTTE (1971)WIT'S END (1975); BLACK MAGIC 2 (1976); THEY CALL HER... CLEOPATRA WONG (1978); SAINT JACK (1979); THE LAST BLOOD (1990); Eric Khoo; Scenes 22-28: 1995 - 2002; MEE POK MAN (1995); THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED (1997); FOREVER FEVER AKA THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE IT (1998); EATING AIR (1999); ROGUE TRADER (1999); FULLTIME KILLER/CHUEN JIK SAT SAU (2001); 15 (THE SHORT FILM) (2002); The Cultural Materialism of Singapore in Jack Neo's Cinema; Scenes 29-35: 2004 - 2009; CUT (2004); SINGAPORE GAGA (2005); BE WITH ME (2005); KRRISH (2006)

GONE SHOPPING (2007)DREAMS FROM THE THIRD WORLD (2008); LOST IMAGES: FILMS FROM THE IVAN POLUNIN ARCHIVE (2009); HDB Flats: A View of Public Housing in Singapore Cinema; Scenes 36-42: 2009 - 2013; HERE (2009); RED DRAGONFLIES (2010); SANDCASTLE (2010); IT'S A GREAT, GREAT WORLD (2011); ALL THE LINES FLOW OUT (2011); MY LUCKY STAR/FEICHANG XINGYUN (2013); ILO ILO (2013); Go Further; Contributor Bios; Filmography; BackCover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 16, 2014).

ISBN:

1-78320-346-3

OCLC:

890676228