China into film
Subtitle: frames of reference in contemporary Chinese cinema
By: Jerome Silbergeld.
Series: Envisioning Asia
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Motion pictures -- China; Motion picture industry -- China
Other titles: Contemporary Chinese cinema
Description: "China into Film is the first book-length study to look at contemporary Chinese cinema as a visual art and to illustrate the many ways in which it has been shaped by centuries of visual and literary tradition. Among Jerome Silbergeld's concerns are the use of allegory, the strategies employed by filmmakers in the face of state censorship, the role of female gender in Chinese cinema, filmmakers' continuing attachment to melodrama as a narrative form, and the influence of both Maoism and post-Maoism."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-347) and index.