Globalization and Contemporary Chinese Cinema : Zhang Yimou's Genre Films

This Pivot Considers Key Transformations Within The Chinese Film Industry Since The Country Opened Its Doors To The Outside World In The Late 1970s, And Moved From An Ideologically-centred Censorship System To One Of Contestation And Cooperation Between Politics, Art And Market. Focusing On Zhang Yimou, Arguably One Of China's Most Innovative And Controversial Filmmakers And Directors, The Author Addresses The Challenges Faced By Contemporary Chinese Cinema In The Face Of Hollywood Dominance, Notably Making Genre Films In An Increasingly Globalized Context, And The Necessary Compromises Between The Local And Global, The National And The International. Through A Combination Of Textual Analysis And Context Study, It Examines Action-oriented Films Zhang Made As Responses To A Rapidly Changing Film Market And Industry. Modernity And Globalization -- Codename Cougar: Politics Or Entertainment? -- (young) Heroes In A “cursed” House -- Between National And International -- Staging China: The Art Of Yijing -- Conclusion. Xuelin Zhou. Includes Bibliographical References, Filmography (pages 123-128), And Index. Focusing on Zhang Yimou, arguably one of China's most innovative and controversial filmmakers and directors, this book addresses the challenges faced by contemporary Chinese cinema in the face of Hollywood dominance, notably making genre films in an increasingly globalised context, and the necessary compromises between the local and global, the national and the international Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Modernity and Globalization....Pages 1-7 Codename Cougar: Politics or Entertainment?....Pages 9-33 (Young) Heroes in a “Cursed” House....Pages 35-56 Between National and International....Pages 57-83 Staging China: The Art of Yijing ....Pages 85-114 Conclusion....Pages 115-121 Back Matter....Pages 123-132