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The Poetics of Chinese Cinema / edited by Gary Bettinson, James Udden.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- East Asian Popular Culture, 2634-5943
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Asia.
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- Motion pictures--Asia.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--History.
- Communication.
- Television broadcasting.
- Arts.
- Asian Culture.
- Asian Film and TV.
- Film and TV History.
- Media and Communication.
- Film and Television Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Asian Culture.
- Asian Film and TV.
- Film and TV History.
- Media and Communication.
- Film and Television Studies.
- Arts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (236 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2016.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
- Summary:
- 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. .
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: The Poetics of Chinese Cinema / Gary Bettinson
- 2. Five Lessons from Stealth Poetics / David Bordwell
- 3. Red Poetics: The Films of the Chinese Cultural Revolution Revolutionary Model Operas / Chris Berry
- 4. Renewal of Song Dynasty Landscape Painting Aesthetics Combined with a Contemplative Modernism in the Early Work of Chen Kaige / Peter Rist
- 5. Poetics of Two Springs: Fei Mu versus Tian Zhuangzhuang / James Udden
- 6. Remaking Ozu: Hou Hsiao-hsien's Cafe Lumiere / Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh
- 7. Hong Kong Puzzle Films: The Persistence of Tradition / Gary Bettinson
- 8. Can Poetics Break Bricks? / Song Hwee Lim
- 9. Poetics of Parapraxis and Reeducation: The Hong Kong Cantonese Cinema in the 1950s / Victor Fan
- 10. China as Documentary: Some Basic Questions (Inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni and Jia Zhangke) / Rey Chow.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137553096
- 113755309X
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