East Asian Cinemas
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan (GB) |
| ISBN-13 | 9780230307186 |
| Open Library | OL20741634W |
| Total publications | 5 |
| Coverage period | 2011 - 2011 |
| Language | EN |
This book is an original volume of essays that sheds new and critical light on current and emerging filmmaking trends and practices in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. A timely and imp
East Asian Cinemas
This book is an original volume of essays that sheds new and critical light on current and emerging filmmaking trends and practices in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. A timely and imp
East Asian Cinemas
Transnational Trajectories in Contemporary East Asian Cinemas
In the introduction to their 2008 edited volume, East Asian Cinemas: Exploring Transnational Connections on Film, Leon Hunt and Leung Wing- Fai cite the example of the South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's monster movie, The Host, as "one of the most talked-about 'crossover' films of 2006" that seemed destined for, "if not Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon- sized global success, then at least cult acclaim" (2008: 1).1 We now know, according to an int…
“Asia” as Regional Signifier and Transnational Genre-Branding
The Ring (2002), The Ring Two (2005), Dark Water (2005), The Grudge (2004), The Grudge 2 (2006), Shutter (2008), The Eye (2008), and One Missed Call (2008) are all recent Hollywood remakes of Asian horror movies. Some of these titles have enjoyed critical and commercial success, as in the case of the first entry in this trend, The Ring (which achieved good box-office takings both inside and outside the US),1 and The Grudge.2 Others have proved to…
Introduction
The global popularity of films from East Asia has drawn critical attention to the overlapping territories of national and transnational cinemas. The phenomenal success of East Asia’s popular cultural products in capturing Asian and Western markets has prompted critical rethinking of the epistemology of “Asian culture” and the geopolitical importance of the region as an intermediary between the local and the global.1 Meanwhile, an expanding body o…
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East Asian Cinemas
This book is an original volume of essays that sheds new and critical light on current and emerging filmmaking trends and practices in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. A timely and imp
East Asian Cinemas
Transnational Trajectories in Contemporary East Asian Cinemas
In the introduction to their 2008 edited volume, East Asian Cinemas: Exploring Transnational Connections on Film, Leon Hunt and Leung Wing- Fai cite the example of the South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's monster movie, The Host, as "one of the most talked-about 'crossover' films of 2006" that seemed destined for, "if not Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon- sized global success, then at least cult acclaim" (2008: 1).1 We now know, according to an int…
“Asia” as Regional Signifier and Transnational Genre-Branding
The Ring (2002), The Ring Two (2005), Dark Water (2005), The Grudge (2004), The Grudge 2 (2006), Shutter (2008), The Eye (2008), and One Missed Call (2008) are all recent Hollywood remakes of Asian horror movies. Some of these titles have enjoyed critical and commercial success, as in the case of the first entry in this trend, The Ring (which achieved good box-office takings both inside and outside the US),1 and The Grudge.2 Others have proved to…
Introduction
The global popularity of films from East Asia has drawn critical attention to the overlapping territories of national and transnational cinemas. The phenomenal success of East Asia’s popular cultural products in capturing Asian and Western markets has prompted critical rethinking of the epistemology of “Asian culture” and the geopolitical importance of the region as an intermediary between the local and the global.1 Meanwhile, an expanding body o…