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Companion to Wong Kar-Wai
Martha P. Nochimson
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Description for Companion to Wong Kar-Wai
Hardcover. Editor(s): Nochimson, Martha P. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Film Directors. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
With 25 essays that embrace a wide spectrum of topics and perspectives including intertextuality, transnationality, gender representation, repetition, the use of music, color, and sound, depiction of time and space in human affairs, and Wong’s highly original portrayal of violence, A Companion to Wong Kar-Wai is a singular examination of the prestigious filmmaker known around the world for the innovation, beauty, and passion he brings to filmmaking.
With 25 essays that embrace a wide spectrum of topics and perspectives including intertextuality, transnationality, gender representation, repetition, the use of music, color, and sound, depiction of time and space in human affairs, and Wong’s highly original portrayal of violence, A Companion to Wong Kar-Wai is a singular examination of the prestigious filmmaker known around the world for the innovation, beauty, and passion he brings to filmmaking.
- Brings together the most cutting edge, in-depth, and interesting scholarship on arguably the greatest living Asian filmmaker, from a multinational group of established and rising film scholars and critics
- Covers a huge ... Read more
- Examines the political, historical, and sociological influence of Wong and his work, and discusses his work from a variety of perspectives including modern, post-modern, postcolonial, and queer theory
- Includes two appendices which examine Wong’s work in Hong Kong television and commercials
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
Series
Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Film Directors
Number of Pages
648
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118424247
SKU
V9781118424247
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About Martha P. Nochimson
Martha P. Nochimson has taught in the Department of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, and at Mercy College, where she developed and chaired a program in Film Studies. She is the author of several books, including most recently An Introduction to Film Genres (2013), David Lynch Swerves: Uncertainty from Lost Highway ... Read more
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