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Metacinema in contemporary Chinese film / G. Andrew Stuckey

Author
Stuckey, G. Andrew, 1974-
Published
Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
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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.
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ISBN
9789888455133 (electronic bk.)
9888455133 (electronic bk.)
9888390813
9789888390816
Bibliography Note
Includes filmography (pages [137]-138), bibliographical references (pages [139]-147), and index.
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