China’s iGeneration: Cinema and Moving Image Culture for the Twenty-First Century, edited by Matthew Johnson et al. (2014)
oleh: Wing-Fai Leung
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | University College Cork 2015-10-01 |
Deskripsi
China’s iGeneration focuses on the filmmakers and films that have emerged since 2001 (year of China’s accession to WTO, the World Trade Organization) and therefore signals a paradigm shift from the Sixth or Urban Generation filmmakers, such as Wang Xiaoshuai and Jia Zhangke, who debuted in the 1990s (see Zhang). The collection moves away from mainstream cinema and the domination of the auteurist approach to consider a range of visual productions, such as films made by activists, documentaries and online exhibitions. Chris Berry’s Introduction frames the collection perfectly when he contrasts the nostalgia for celluloid in the West with the embrace of digital in China, which signals a shift towards thinking about contemporary cinema as Screen Studies (vii).