The Formation of Chinese Art Cinema 1990-2003 /

• Main Author: Yang, Li (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Motion pictures-Asia.; Ethnology-Asia.; Motion pictures.; Motion pictures-History.; Film genres.; Asian Cinema and TV.; Asian Culture.; Film Theory.; Film History.; Genre.

The Formation of Chinese Art Cinema: 1990-2003 examines the development of Chinese art film in the People's Republic of China from 1990, when the first Sixth Generation film Mama was released, to 2003, when authorities acknowledged the legitimacy of underground filmmakers. Through an exploratio...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• Part I. Institution
• 2. The Socialist Film System
• 3. Separation of Production
• 4. Institutions of Consecration
• Part II. Aesthetics
• 5. In the Mix: The Early Sixth Generation Cinema
• 6. The Impulse to Record: The Neorealist Style
• 7. The World of Psychological and Symbolic Complexity: The Expressionist Style
• Conclusion.