Reinventing China: A Generation and Its Films - Hardcover

Clark, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9629962071 ISBN 13: 9789629962074

Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2005

Synopsis

A pioneering study of the genesis of the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, who emerged in the 1980s with films of startling originality. Through an analysis of this generation and its films, Clark brings several decades of transformation in Chinese society into vivid relief. The book focuses on the making and meaning of films such as Judou, Raise the Red Lantern, and Farewell My Concubine. Clark also draws heavily on interviews with directors, including Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang, as well as other less well-known figures.

About this title

Book Description:

A pioneering study of the genesis of the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, who emerged in the 1980s with films of startling originality. The book focuses on the making and meaning of films such as Judou, Raise the Red Lantern, and Farewell My Concubine. Clark also draws heavily on interviews with directors, including Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang, as well as other less well-known figures.

About the Author:

Paul Clark is a professor in the School of Asian Studies at the University of Auckland.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 9629962071
• ISBN 13: 9789629962074
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280