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The widely acclaimed films of Wong Kar-wai are characterized by their sumptuous yet complex visual and sonic style. This study of Wong's filmmaking techniques uses a poetics approach to examine how form, music, narration, characterization, genre and other artistic elements work together to produce certain effects on audiences. Bettinson argues that Wong's films are permeated by an aesthetic of sensuousness and "disturbance" achieved through techniques such as narrative interruptions, facial masking, opaque cuts, and other complex strategies. The effect is to jolt the viewer out of complete aesthetic absorption. Each of the chapters focuses on a single aspect of Wong's filmmaking. The book also discusses Wong's influence on other filmmakers in Hong Kong and around the world. The Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-wai will appeal to all who are interested in authorship and aesthetics in film studies, to scholars in Asian studies, media and cultural studies, and to anyone with an interest in Hong Kong cinema in general, and Wong's films in particular.
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"In this carefully written study, Gary Bettinson offers a critical assessment not only of the stylistic features of Wong Kar-wai's films but also of the scholarship that has developed around them. Arguing against the facile culturalism that tends to domin
"Gary Bettinson's Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-wai is a major step forward in our understanding of this director. Bettinson scrutinizes Wong's unique place in world film culture, his unusual production methods, and his debts to several cinematic traditions
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"Gary Bettinson's Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-wai is a major step forward in our understanding of this director. Bettinson scrutinizes Wong's unique place in world film culture, his unusual production methods, and his debts to several cinematic traditions
Gary Bettinson is a lecturer in film studies at Lancaster University, UK. He is editor of Asian Cinema, the Directory of World Cinema: China and author (with Richard Rushton) of What Is Film Theory? An Introduction to Contemporary Debates.
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- PublisherHong Kong University Press
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 9888139290
- ISBN 13 9789888139293
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages176
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