Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Romanization; 1. Introduction; 2. Production; 3. Consumption; 4. True Lies; 5. Documentarization and Amplified Realism in Jia Zhangke's Films; 6. Beyond Allegory; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Filmography; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
Depictions within a movie of either filmmaking or film watching are hardly novel, but the dramatic expansion of the reach of the metacinematic into contemporary Chinese cinemas is nothing short of remarkable. To G. Andrew Stuckey, the prevalence of metacinematic features forms the basis of a discourse on film arising from the films themselves. Such a discourse, in turn, outlines the boundaries of the possible for film in China as aesthetic or sociopolitical practice. Metacinema also draws our attention to the presence of the audience, people actively responding to a film. In elucidating the af |
Bibliography |
Includes filmography (pages [137]-138), bibliographical references (pages [139]-147), and index |
Subject |
Motion pictures -- China -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Motion pictures -- China -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Motion pictures
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China
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9789888455133 |
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9888455133 |
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