UID:
edoccha_9960151751402883
Format:
1 online resource (233 pages)
ISBN:
9781478092605
Series Statement:
Sinotheory
Content:
"Jia Zhangke on Jia Zhangke is an extended dialogue between film scholar Michael Berry and the internationally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker. Drawing from extensive interviews and public talks, this volume offers a portrait of Jia's life, art, and approach to filmmaking. Jia and Berry's conversations range from Jia's childhood and formative years to extensive discussions of his major narrative films, including such classics as Xiao Wu, Platform, The World, Still Life, and A Touch of Sin. Jia gives a first-hand account of his influences, analyzes the Chinese film industry, and offers his thoughts on everything from film music and working with actors to cinematography and screenwriting. From industry and economics to art and politics, Jia Zhangke on Jia Zhangke represents the single most comprehensive document of the director's candid thoughts on the art and challenges of filmmaking"--
Note:
From Fenyang to the World -- A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man -- The Hometown Trilogy -- Documenting Destruction and Building Worlds -- Film as Social Justice -- Return to Jianghu -- Toward an Accented Cinema.
,
English
Additional Edition:
Print version: Berry, Michael Jia Zhangke on Jia Zhangke Durham : Duke University Press,c2022 ISBN 9781478015499
Language:
English
