Visual Power: Conversations with First-Line Directors and Producers

Author: Liu Haiyang
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This book focuses on a group of active "image power" creators in China's film and television industry. They are a diverse and talented group of creators, as well as extraordinary individuals with varying degrees of political insight, economic operation skills, and leadership abilities. They are undoubtedly the backbone of the Chinese film and television industry today. The book objectively showcases their mindset, thoughts, and concerns, while also truthfully recording their experiences, achievements, and struggles. With their wisdom, they give power to images and transform "image power" into "influence," entertaining the public while directly and indirectly participating in China's grand transformation process. This book collects in-depth interviews and dialogues between the magazine "Xingku" and frontline directors and producers in the film and television industry. The content holds immense value, offering a roadmap-like guide for industry practitioners and those aspiring to enter the field. Prominent directors of popular films and TV series, such as Ang Lee, Gu Changwei, Tsui Hark, You Xiaogang, and Gao Xixi, as well as behind-the-scenes operators like agents, appear one by one to decode their insights and perceptions on art, career, and the industry.