num_pages: 296
description: Arguably the first book to take a generational approach to the Chinese cinema, One Hundred Years of Chinese Cinema offers a broad picture of the evolution of Chinese cinema in its historical context, as well as thorough and insightful analyses of representative films from different generations.Contents:Visual style in the silent films made by the Lianhua Film Company [United Photoplay Service] in Shanghai: 1931-35 / Peter RistRepresenting history and the nation from afar: the case of Qing Gong Mi Shi [a hidden history of the Qing court] / Shuang ShenRural women and social change in new china cinema: from Li Shuangshang to Ermo / Xiaobing TangThe burdens of history: Lin Zexu (1959) and The Opium War (1997) / Rebecca E. KarlThe revisionist history in recent Chinese films: a case study of My 1919 / Zhiwei Xiao and Hong YinSymbolism through Zhang Yimou's subversive lens in his early films / Hili KongCinema of postsocialism: Zhang Yimou's film production in the late 1990s / Xudong ZhangTransgression, submission, and the fantasy of youth subculture: the nostalgic symptoms of In the Heat of the Sun / Weijie SongIn search of the erased half: Suzhou River, Lunar Eclipse, and the sixth generation filmmakers of China / Shao-yi SunThe global city of the transnational imaginary: disappearance and reinscription in Chinese urban cinema / Yingjin ZhangTeach for a while, direct for a while: an interview with China's Xie Fei / John A. LentThe past, the present, and the future: an interview with Wu Ziniu"All artists are narcissistic": an interview with Lou Ye / Shao-yi Sun
language: English
title: One Hundred Years of Chinese Cinema: A Generational Dialogue
titlecomplete: One Hundred Years of Chinese Cinema: A Generational Dialogue
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publisher: EastBridge, a nonprofit corporation