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This book is an authoritative list of the greatest Mainland Chinese movies, covering a wide range of genres: explosive kung-fu epics, tragic leftist melodrama, chest-thumping propaganda films and more. With detailed descriptions of each selection and countless recommendations for further viewing, this is the perfect introduction to China's rich cinematic tradition for film buffs, students and casual viewers alike.
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"Simon Fowler has traveled deep into the labyrinth of Chinese film and emerged with an invaluable map. Part history, part criticism, part popcorn-scarfing movie fanaticism--all blessedly free of pretension." --Josh Chin, author, "Frommer's Beijing"
"A verbal treat on visual delights." "--Global Times"
"Fowler explores the best Chinese films ever made--everything from early talkies to international festival prize winners to the dramas and comedies beloved by domestic audiences--and provides the reader with deep insights into not only Chinese film, but also China itself." --Austin Ramzy, China correspondent, "Time"
Simon Fowler has traveled deep into the labyrinth of Chinese film and emerged with an invaluable map. Part history, part criticism, part popcorn-scarfing movie fanaticismall blessedly free of pretension. Josh Chin, author, "Frommer s Beijing""
Fowler explores the best Chinese films ever madeeverything from early talkies to international festival prize winners to the dramas and comedies beloved by domestic audiencesand provides the reader with deep insights into not only Chinese film, but also China itself. Austin Ramzy, China correspondent, "Time""
"Both a handy guide for the uninitiated and a springboard to plunge right into China's incredibly multi-dimensional 105-year-old cinematic history." "China Daily""
"A verbal treat on visual delights." "Global Times""
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"A verbal treat on visual delights." "--Global Times"
"Fowler explores the best Chinese films ever made--everything from early talkies to international festival prize winners to the dramas and comedies beloved by domestic audiences--and provides the reader with deep insights into not only Chinese film, but also China itself." --Austin Ramzy, China correspondent, "Time"
Simon Fowler has traveled deep into the labyrinth of Chinese film and emerged with an invaluable map. Part history, part criticism, part popcorn-scarfing movie fanaticismall blessedly free of pretension. Josh Chin, author, "Frommer s Beijing""
Fowler explores the best Chinese films ever madeeverything from early talkies to international festival prize winners to the dramas and comedies beloved by domestic audiencesand provides the reader with deep insights into not only Chinese film, but also China itself. Austin Ramzy, China correspondent, "Time""
"Both a handy guide for the uninitiated and a springboard to plunge right into China's incredibly multi-dimensional 105-year-old cinematic history." "China Daily""
"A verbal treat on visual delights." "Global Times""
Simon Fowler originally hails from England and has lived in Beijing since 2006. A voracious consumer of films and self-confessed cinematic obsessive, he began his exploration of Mainland Chinese cinema soon after arriving, and was named film editor of Time Out Beijing in 2008. His favourite non-Chinese films include Kind Hearts and Coronets, If - and Fletch.
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- PublisherChina Economic Review Publishing
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 9881909112
- ISBN 13 9789881909114
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages234
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