Asian Cinema: A Field Guide
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (585 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061145858 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 274 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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In recent years, films such as Spirited Away, Hero, Kung Fu Hustle, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon have made surprising inroads into the American box office. On the world festival circuit, Asian films regularly win prestigious awards and are presented at film festivals from Sundance to Cannes. I and II, have paid unabashed tribute to the Asian directors who have influenced them. Over 300 films from China, India, Japan, Korea, Iran, and Taiwan, as well as the emerging films of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka, are all included here.Illustrated with more than 100 film stills and photographsIncludes historical and cultural background information for each region's cinema Covers anime, Hong Kong action, Japanese horror, Bollywood, and much more!. The First Complete Guide to Asian FilmAsian cinema
Beginning with chapters on familiar film cultures, such as mainland China, Japan and India, Vick broadens the lens to include emerging filmmakers in Korea and Taiwan. All rights reserved. Vick's enthusiasm is infectious, and his descriptions make readers want to see the movies firsthand. While honoring homegrown genres, such as Hong Kong's kung-fu spectaculars, Vick also champions art-house directors, such as Wong Kar-Wai, responsible for the evocative In the Mood for Love. He contends there is no such thing as a 'foreign' movie, since even an Iranian film can appeal to our common humanity. From Publishers Weekly Vick, a film programmer at the American Museum of Asian Art at the Smithsonian, offers a useful overview of movies produced in Asian nations, discussing history and themes. . Vick p
Tom Vick is one of the foremost experts on Asian cinema. He lives in Rockville, Maryland.. He is the film programmer for the Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution, where he organizes film series and retrospectives of Asian films
not what I expecte but. RCMP not what I expected which was reviews [as seen in news papers] of different Asian dvds,,,that being said IT IS A MUST READ for any college student in a movie course.it reviews in a general way how the different Asian countries developed they entrainment productsfrom crude beginnings to the fine products the produce today.many incites and note on popular actors.. "This book is excellent!! You get to learn about the different" according to jingo. This book is excellent!! You get to learn about the different directors in Asia, and you say start to notice that most of american films are somewhat inspired by Asian cinema.. Tarachi, Benjamin said I keep going back to it again and again .. Up until now I only had a vague idea what Asian was, is. Now, though, I now WHY. The author has done a jolly good job putting together information contain therein and I recommend it to any who fancies himself as a cinefile. In other news: the book arrived in good shape. In my mail box, that is.