City Chronicle (Cities in Movies)

Author: Wang Bang compiled and edited
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Publishing Time: 2004-01-01
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 life and history of the city itself to analyze the second life it gains from 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 on the ever-changing world. Reading this book is a journey about film and city, a dual-life experience rooted in imagination. The cities mentioned in the book are merely one aspect of those cities, and in this sense, they are one-dimensional. What truly gives the book its literary form are the beloved words and films.