China Into Film: Frames of Reference in Contemporary Chinese CinemaSince 1984, Chinese cinema has been the most dramatic entry onto the international film scene. China into Film is the first book to look at contemporary Chinese cinema as a visual art and to illustrate the ways in which it has been shaped by centuries of Chinese tradition. Jerome Silbergeld looks at the significance of gender roles, the strategies of film-makers in coping with state censorship, the translation of novels into films, the continuing attachment of film-makers to melodrama, and cinematic critiques of Maoism and post-Maoist culture. Abundantly illustrated with Chinese paintings as well as scenes from such internationally acclaimed films as Yellow Earth, Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern and Farewell My Concubine, China into Film reveals a cinematic form at once excitingly new and deeply imbedded in traditional Chinese visual culture. |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Yellow Earth and the Traditionalism | 15 |
Red Sorghum | 53 |
Allegory Goes to the Movies | 96 |
Victims Warriors and the Female | 132 |
Melodrama in the Postmodern Era | 188 |
Nodrama Pseudodrama | 234 |
Film Credits | 305 |
Bibliography | 341 |
Photographic Acknowledgements | 348 |
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China Into Film: Frames of Reference in Contemporary Chinese Cinema Jerome Silbergeld No preview available - 1999 |
Common terms and phrases
allegory Army Nurse artistic audience Beijing Black Cannon Incident characters Chen Kaige Chen Kaige's Chen's Children China Chinese Cinema Chinese film Chinese Literature Chow Communist Confucian critics critique Cuiqiao Cultural Revolution Dieyi Ding Xiaoqi director Douzi drama Farewell My Concubine female film-makers film's gender Gong Gong Li Gu Hua Gu Qing Guoxiang Hibiscus Town historical Hong Hu Mei Hu Yuyin Huang Huanhuan Ibid illus ink and colour Jin's Jiu'er Judou Juxian King labels Lake of Scented Lao Gar's male Maoist marriage McDougall melodrama Mo Yan modern narrative Party peasants Pickowicz political Qu Yuan Red Lantern Red Sorghum rhetoric role ruins scene Scented Souls sexual social socialist song story Street Angel Temptress Moon Tianqing traditional Chinese trans victims visual Wang Western woman women Xiaolou Xiaoyu Xie Jin Xie's Yellow Earth Yuan Zhang Yimou Zhao Zhou
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Integrity and the Fragile Self Damian Cox,Marguerite La Caze,Michael P. Levine No preview available - 2003 |