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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781105803321

Autore

Ma Jean

Titolo

Melancholy drift : marking time in Chinese cinema / / Jean Ma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, 2010

Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2010

ISBN

988-220-717-0

1-283-01686-9

9786613016867

988-220-578-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 203 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

791.430951

Soggetti

Motion pictures - China - History

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

Time without measure, sadness without cure -- Photography's absent times -- The post-classical art film -- The haunted movie theater -- Chance encounters and compulsive returns.

Sommario/riassunto

This book looks closely at films by the most renowned directors of contemporary Chinese art cinema: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tsai Ming-liang and Wong Kar-wai. It argues that these directors have collectively authored a distinct cinema of time across the realms of national and transnational film culture.