Dennis Lo
Biographic Data
| ID | 6022340 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dennis Lo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dennis |
| FAMILY NAME | Lo |
| SIGNATURE | LO D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dennis Lo is a Ph.D. Candidate in Cinema and Media Studies at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. He is currently writing his dissertation, which investigates how location scouting and on-location shooting practices in Chinese-language national cinemas translate to particular filmic representations of urban and rural geography. |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-8525-5438 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Traveling at the Speed of VR
This article investigates how virtual reality (VR) transforms relationships with place in an era of compounding ecological crises. Analyzing pandemic-era VR titles distributed on Meta Quest and Oculus Rift platforms in 2020–2021, this study employs close textual analysis of popular titles featured across geographic exploration and documentary genres. Analysis reveals the travelogue as a foundational genre for mediating spatial relationships in VR…
Rural geographies and the New Chinese Cinemas
The New Chinese Cinemas were unprecedented in critiquing official narratives of progress through dramatic location-shot images of rural Taiwan and China. Much more than standing in as a picturesque backdrop, the rural was a site of complex ideological contestations. Yet, existing scholarship overlooks the richness of rural representations, reductively interpreting rural films as works of nostalgia and cultural salvage. Through a comparative analy…
Interview with Tsai Ming Liang
Russell Leong (L): Tsai Ming Liang, when I watched your film I Don't Want to Sleep Alone yesterday, I was very moved. You, the director, seem to be having a conversation with the society at large. Are you a director who represents Taiwan? In fact, you are an Overseas Chinese (hua quiao) originally from Malaysia
Marginalized Sexuality in Tsai Ming Liang's Cinema
Repeated viewings of Taiwanese director Tsai Ming Liang's films never fail to inspire more questions than answers. Celebrated as one of the greatest living directors in numerous international film festivals, yet often denounced in his home base of Taiwan for misrepresenting or even reifying contemporary social ailments, Tsai is renowned for his contemplative yet provocative investigations of social, sexual, and cultural border crossings. His rece…
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Interview with Tsai Ming Liang
Russell Leong (L): Tsai Ming Liang, when I watched your film I Don't Want to Sleep Alone yesterday, I was very moved. You, the director, seem to be having a conversation with the society at large. Are you a director who represents Taiwan? In fact, you are an Overseas Chinese (hua quiao) originally from Malaysia
Marginalized Sexuality in Tsai Ming Liang's Cinema
Repeated viewings of Taiwanese director Tsai Ming Liang's films never fail to inspire more questions than answers. Celebrated as one of the greatest living directors in numerous international film festivals, yet often denounced in his home base of Taiwan for misrepresenting or even reifying contemporary social ailments, Tsai is renowned for his contemplative yet provocative investigations of social, sexual, and cultural border crossings. His rece…
Rural geographies and the New Chinese Cinemas
The New Chinese Cinemas were unprecedented in critiquing official narratives of progress through dramatic location-shot images of rural Taiwan and China. Much more than standing in as a picturesque backdrop, the rural was a site of complex ideological contestations. Yet, existing scholarship overlooks the richness of rural representations, reductively interpreting rural films as works of nostalgia and cultural salvage. Through a comparative analy…
Traveling at the Speed of VR
This article investigates how virtual reality (VR) transforms relationships with place in an era of compounding ecological crises. Analyzing pandemic-era VR titles distributed on Meta Quest and Oculus Rift platforms in 2020–2021, this study employs close textual analysis of popular titles featured across geographic exploration and documentary genres. Analysis reveals the travelogue as a foundational genre for mediating spatial relationships in VR…
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