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100    _aClark, Paul
       _d1949-
245    _aReinventing China
       _ba generation and its films
       _cPaul Clark
260    _aHong Kong
       _bThe Chinese University Press
       _cc2005
300    _avi, 257 p.
       _bill.
       _c24 cm
504    _aIncludes bibliographical references (p [243]-246 and indexes.
520    _a"This book is a pioneering study of the genesis and films of the fifth-generation of Chinese filmmakers who emerged in the 1980s with films of startling originality. The making and meaning of films such as Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, and Farewell, My Concubine are the central focus. Through this generation and its films changes in Chinese society over several decades are brought into vivid relief." "In the first of three parts, the stories of ten filmmakers prior to entering film school in 1978 are told in the form of a shared or group biography. They include directors like Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, and Tian Zhuangzhuang, who won international praise for their work. But they also include less well-known figures such as Liu Miaomiao. This mix of the famous and the obscure derives from the purpose to construct a history of the broad dynamics of Chinese cultural change. In the middle section of the book, the students' crucial four years together at film school are outlined. The main part discusses the work of each of the filmmakers until the 1990s, tracing remarkable social and political changes through the continuing histories of these talented and determined individuals. This part ends by introducing other members of this generation, who did not attend film school with them, and outlines their impact on older filmmakers." "Based on extensive research as well as first-hand information obtained from long acquaintance with the filmmakers, Clark gives an account of the fifth-generation filmmakers and their films, which reflect the nature of change of China in the second half of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
650    _aArt -- Film -- Social aspects -- History
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980    _aPaul Clark is Professor of Chinese in the School of Asian Studies, the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
980    _aPaul Clark is Professor of Chinese in the School of Asian Studies, the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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