Chronicle of the City: Cities in Movies

Author: Wang Bang
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: A journey about film and city, a dual-life experience rooted in imagination. This book is a collection of film essays organized by city. The author views the city as one focal point and film as another, using the city's own life and history to analyze the second life it is given by film. Within this, the author narrates the people and events related to film in that time and place, attempting to help readers understand how film bestows new meaning upon the ever-changing world. Reading this book is a journey about film and city, a dual-life experience rooted in imagination. The cities in the book are merely one aspect of those cities, and in this sense, they are one-dimensional. What truly gives it its literary form are the beloved words and films.