Movie Land China (Diverse Chinese Regional Films)

Author: Zhang Jiangyi, Wu Mukun
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: This book is ingeniously conceived, horizontally cutting into space, using cultural characteristics and film creation characteristics as benchmarks, to outline 8 major film regions across the Chinese mainland. These "regions" are scattered in various corners of the Chinese map, unified into a "map," forming a century-old division map of Chinese cinema. For each "region" on the "map," 3-5 regional keywords are extracted based on local cultural characteristics and film creation characteristics, each representing a side of the local culture or film. Then, around these 3-5 keywords, discussions are conducted on films related to the local region, forming a "keyword-region-map" division model. The book is richly illustrated and highly readable, allowing readers to discover interesting contrasts between regional culture and the regional culture depicted in films.