The Poetics of Chinese Cinema [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gary Bettinson, James Udden

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910255241903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-137-55309-X
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2016.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Collana: East Asian Popular Culture, , 2634-5935
• Disciplina: 301
• Soggetti: Ethnology—Asia; Motion pictures—Asia; Motion pictures—History; Communication; Motion pictures and television; Arts; Asian Culture; Asian Cinema and TV; Film History; Media Studies; Screen Studies; China
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. .