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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787867303321

Titolo

World film locations : Shanghai / / edited by John Berra and Wei Ju ; Emma Rhys, copy editor ; Gabriel Solomons, series editor and design ; John Berra, contributors [and sixteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, [England] : , : Intellect Ltd., , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78320-271-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (132 p.)

Collana

World film locations series, , 2045-9017

Altri autori (Persone)

BerraJohn

JuWei

RhysEmma

SolomonsGabriel

Disciplina

384.8

Soggetti

Motion picture locations - China - Shanghai - History

Motion picture locations - China - Shanghai

Motion pictures - China - Shanghai

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 filmographies.

Nota di contenuto

FrontCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps/Scenes; Essays; Backpages; Shanghai: City of the Imagination; Republican Era Shanghai: Hollywood of the East; Scenes 1-8 1932 - 1947; Fists of Bruce Lee: Shanghai's Martial Arts Film Legacy; Scenes 9-16 1984 - 2000; Lou Ye's Shanghai Cinema: Love and Loss in the Urban Labyrinth; Scenes 17-24 2001 - 2005; Sixth Generation Shanghai: Politicizing the Aesthetic; Scenes 25-32 2005 - 2007; Sci-fi Shanghai: City of the Future; Scenes 33-39 2007 - 2010; The Great Divide: Depths and Peaks of Shanghai Life; Scenes 40-46 2011 - 2013; Resources

Contributor BiosFilmography; BackCover

Sommario/riassunto

Celebrating Shanghai's rich cinematic history, the films covered here represent a lengthy time period, from the first Golden Age of Chinese Cinema in the 1930s to the city's status as an international production hub in 2013.