Chinese Films in Focus II

by Chris Berry

Book Overview

Chinese cinema continues to go from strength to strength. After art-house hits like Chen Kaige's Yellow Earth (1984) and Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000), the Oscar-winning success of Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000) disproved the old myth that subtitled films could not succeed at the multiplex. Chinese Films in Focus II updates and expands the original Chinese Films in Focus: 25 New Takes with fourteen brand new essays, to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844572374
• ISBN13: 9781844572373
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.1"