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Encyclopaedia of Chinese Film eBook
By: Yingjin Zhang, Zhiwei Xiao
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Encyclopaedia of Chinese Film Summary
| Over the past decade, Chinese films have met with great acclaim at the international film festivals, finding an audience in commercial cinemas as well as art houses around the world. Until now there has been a want of authoritative reference works in the English language to which scholars could turn for support in their research or film buffs could turn to check their facts. In one alphabetically organized volume the Encyclopedia of Chinese Film provides entries on directors, genres, themes, and actors and actresses from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as 300 film synopses. The entries are heavily cross-referenced and followed, where possible, with annotated suggestions for further reading. Great care has been taken to provide solid cultural and historical context to the facts. The alphabetical entries are preceded by a substantial historical section, incorporating material on the main studios and analysing the impact of Chinese film abroad as well as at home in recent years.... |
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