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Representation of the Cultural Revolution in Chinese Films by the Fifth Generation Filmmakers: Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Tian Zhuangzhuang - Hardcover
Synopsis
This book examines historical events related to the Chinese Cultural Revolution between 1966 and 1976, focusing mainly on the work of the so-called Fifth Generation filmmakers who experienced the Cultural Revolution first hand and produced movies about it, though attention is also given to the films from the Third, Fourth, and Sixth Generation directors. Assuming that fictional films can be seen as an agent enhancing our historical understanding, this study, employing an interdisciplinary approach involving history, philosophy, literature, and ideology, and using the Chinese Cultural Revolution as an example, attempts to examine how such a theory of film might fit into a philosophy of history, while also aiming to find places where film and history intersect.
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Review
"... Drawing on the more recent 'relativist' work of Hadyn White, [the authors] ably demonstrate how the intersection of history and cinema in the work of Chinese Fifth Generation filmmakers can be discussed in terms of the generic and narrative categories of tragedy, comedy, and irony." - Professor Phillip Gentile, University of Southern Mississippi"
About the Author
Ming-May Jessie Chen is Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Mass Communications at the Providence University, Taiwan. Marzharual Haque is Professor in the School of Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern Mississippi.
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