Craziness and carnival in neo-noir Chinese cinema 1st ed.

Author

• Kuoshu, Harry H.

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2021

Language

English

ISBN

9783030730819

Series

Chinese literature and culture in the world

Subject(s)

• FILM NOIR
• LITERATURE--PHILOSOPHY

Notes

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Abstract

Craziness and Carnival in Neo-Noir Chinese Cinema offers an in-depth discussion of the “stone phenomenon” in Chinese film production and cinematic discourses triggered by the extraordinary success of the 2006 low-budget film, Crazy Stone. Surveying the nuanced implications of the film noir genre, Harry Kuoshu argues that global neo noir maintains a mediascape of references, borrowings, and re-workings and explores various social and cultural issues that constitute this Chinese episode of neo noir. Combining literary explorations of carnival, postmodernism, and post-socialism, Kuoshu advocates for neo noir as a cultural phenomenon that connects filmmakers, film critics, and film audiences rather than an industrial genre.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xi, 158 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Chapter 1: Introduction: Crazy Stone Phenomenon and Chinese Neo-Noir Comedies --
Chapter 2: Prelude: Rehumanization Craziness and Traditional Noir --
Chapter 3: Discourses: Crazy Stone Dropped in a Postmodern Pond --
Chapter 4: Films: Because of Crazy Stone --
Chapter 5: Dual Retrievals of Cinematic Craziness: A Coda.

Exemplar(s)

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