Misty Landscapes: Chinese Film Culture 1978-1998

Author: Dai Jinhua
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: This book is a monograph on film culture studies, collecting seventeen essays by the author on film culture studies since 1987. It approaches the subject from the perspective of cultural studies, utilizing innovative theoretical resources to conduct a thorough analysis of films from the New Period. While closely reading the film texts that emerged during the New Period, the author also examines the generation of film auteurs that arose during the same time, thereby accurately grasping the development of film during the New Period and revealing the subtle interactive relationship it forms with the significant changes in social culture since the New Period.