Chinese Movie Magazines by Paul Fonoroff

Chinese Movie Magazines by Paul Fonoroff

A beautiful, authoritative and unique guide to Chinese movie magazines and movies from a period of vast cultural change in China that provides a fresh perspective on the history of Chinese popular culture, media and social life.

'A rich source of imagery [that] shows the developing graphic culture of these publications alongside political and historic milestones' - Creative Review
'Fans of Eastern cinema will get a kick out of this new hardback' - Home Cinema Choice
'Incredibly niche wisdom, collected in coffee-table-book form' - Shortlist
'A thorough, as well as serious, vintage collector’s work, Chinese Movie Magazines also contains a wealth of vintage-style imagery' - Screentrade
'Will teach you everything you need to know about the star-studded world of Chinese cinematic magazine covers' - Shortlist

Paul Fonoroff served as film critic for the South China Morning Post for more than a quarter of a century. He also hosted over 1,000 movie-related TV shows in Cantonese, Mandarin and English, and had roles in twenty movies. He is a member of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society and the Performing Artists Guild of Hong Kong, and is an advisor to the Hong Kong Film Archives. His unique collection of Chinese movie memorabilia was acquired by the University of California, Berkeley, in 2015, and housed in the C. V. Starr East Asian Library.

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ISBN 13	9780500519882
ISBN 10	0500519889
Title	Chinese Movie Magazines
Author	Paul Fonoroff
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Thames & Hudson Ltd
Year published	2018-09-13
Number of pages	288
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.