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Author:   Michael Berry (Book Review Editor, Modern Chinese Literature & Culture)
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.879kg
ISBN:  

9780231133302

ISBN 10:   0231133308
Pages:   568
Publication Date:   05 October 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Foreword by Martin Scorsese Acknowledgments Author's Note Introduction: Speaking in Images I. Voices from China Xie Jin: Six Decades of Cinematic Innovation Tian Zhuangzhuang: Stealing Horses and Flying Kites Chen Kaige: Historical Revolution and Cinematic Rebellion Zhang Yimou: Flying Colors Zhang Yuan: Working up a Sweat in a Celluloid Sauna Wang Xiaoshuai: Banned in China Jia Zhangke: Capturing a Transforming Reality Li Yang: The Future of Chinese Cinema? II. Voices from Taiwan Hou Hsiao-hsien with Chu Tien-wen: Words and Images Edward Yang: Luckily Unlucky Wu Nien-jen: Writing Taiwan in the Shadows of Cultural Colonialism Ang Lee: Freedom in Film Tsai Ming-liang: Trapped in the Past Chang Tso-chi: Shooting from the Margins III. Voices from Hong Kong Ann Hui: Living Through Films Stanley Kwan: From Spectral Nostalgia to Corporeal Desire Fruit Chan: Hong Kong Independent Peter Ho-sun Chan: Pioneering Pan-Asian Cinema Evans Chan: The Last of the Chinese Notes Bibliography

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Speaking in Images, by Michael Berry, is engaging... It is refreshing to read artists talk about their work and medium. -- Malcom Parker Pots.com Berry's questions are intelligent... they illicit intelligent, detailed answers...useful to anyone seriously interested in world cinema...Essential. Choice [Speaking in Images] should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand the complexities and power of contemporary Chinese Film. -- Mingwei Song China Review International Speaking in Images is an excellent, even essential resource for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of these three important Chinese film industries. -- Ethan de Seife Film International

"" Speaking in Images, by Michael Berry, is engaging... It is refreshing to read artists talk about their work and medium."" -- Malcom Parker, Pots.com ""Berry's questions are intelligent... they illicit intelligent, detailed answers...useful to anyone seriously interested in world cinema...Essential."" -- Choice ""[ Speaking in Images] should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand the complexities and power of contemporary Chinese Film."" -- Mingwei Song, China Review International "" Speaking in Images is an excellent, even essential resource for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of these three important Chinese film industries."" -- Ethan de Seife, Film International

Speaking in Images, by Michael Berry, is engaging... It is refreshing to read artists talk about their work and medium. -- Malcom Parker, Pots.com Berry's questions are intelligent... they illicit intelligent, detailed answers...useful to anyone seriously interested in world cinema...Essential. -- Choice [ Speaking in Images] should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand the complexities and power of contemporary Chinese Film. -- Mingwei Song, China Review International Speaking in Images is an excellent, even essential resource for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of these three important Chinese film industries. -- Ethan de Seife, Film International

Author Information

Michael Berry is assistant professor of contemporary Chinese cultural studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the translator of To Live by Yu Hua, Nanjing 1937: A Love Story by Ye Zhaoyan, and Wild Kids: Two Novels about Growing Up by Chang Ta-Chun.

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