Sensory Kingdom: A Complete Record of Alternative Films

Author: Xu SuKui
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Out of the vast history of world cinema, 100 films have been selected and labeled as "alternative." This clearly is an unselectable selection, but for this book, it is a necessary one. Thus, there are ten themes that "decompose" these 100 films, ultimately converging on all that humanity carries—love, desire, psychology, dreams, abnormal relationships, violence, and murder. Each film reaches the depths of human nature, where the light and darkness are intertwined. The directors behind these alternative films are mostly individuals who march to the beat of their own drum. They create the films they want to make based on their understanding of the world and human nature. They are like those who have made a pact with the devil, never sitting in the audience like a "God," but rather hiding behind the silver screen, using vivid light and shadow to create a unique world. Rather than saying it is 100 alternative films, it is more like 100 alternative lives, alternative human natures, and alternative worlds.