The Road Taken by Michelle Damiani
Chinese Film Classics, 1922-1949 is an essential guide to the first golden age of Chinese cinema. Offering detailed introductions to fourteen films, this study highlights the creative achievements of Chinese filmmakers in the decades leading up to 1949, when the Communists won the civil war and began nationalizing cultural industries. Christopher Rea reveals the uniqueness and complexity of Republican China's cinematic masterworks, from the comedies and melodramas of the silent era to the talkies and musicals of the 1930s and 1940s. Each chapter appraises the artistry of a single film, highlighting its outstanding formal elements, from cinematography to editing to sound design. Examples include the slapstick gags of Laborer's Love (1922), Ruan Lingyu's star turn in Goddess (1934), Zhou Xuan's mesmerizing performance in Street Angels (1937), Eileen Chang's urbane comedy of manners Long Live the Missus (1947), the wartime epic Spring River Flows East (1947), and Fei Mu's acclaimed work of cinematic lyricism, Spring in a Small Town (1948). Rea shares new insights and archival discoveries about famous films, while explaining their significance in relation to politics, society, and global cinema. Lavishly illustrated and featuring extensive guides to further viewings and readings, Chinese Film Classics, 1922-1949 offers an accessible tour of China's early contributions to the cinematic arts.Michelle Damiani is a Charlottesville, Virginia-based freelance writer, clinical psychologist, and foodie. Her heart, on the other hand, is in Spello, Italy, where she and her family spent a year acclimating to being out of their element, wrestling with the challenges of parenting on foreign territory, and eventually cleaving into the essence of Italian village life. Michelle created short fiction before her year abroad, and one of her works was just awarded first prize in the Hook Short Fiction Award, which was judged by novelist John Grisham. She used the time her children were in Italian public schools to write a blog about their experiences while in Italy. Expatsblog gave the site Il Bon Centro the bronze prize for best Italian blog.
When she returned to Charlottesville, she turned the blog into a book, Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center, which is now available in print and digital formats. She began writing a four-part novel series set in Italy because she missed her village. Santa Lucia, The Quiet Madonna, and The Stillness of Swallows are three of the books that have been published. Michelle has compiled the collective wisdom of traveling families into The Road Taken: How to Imagine, Plan, and Experience Your Family Journey Overseas, a thorough guide.
You can find her at www.michelledamiani.com when she isn't organizing her forthcoming trip around the world.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780692198964 |
| ISBN 10 | 0692198962 |
| Title | The Road Taken |
| Author | Michelle Damiani |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Michelle Damiani |
| Year published | 2018-09-27 |
| Number of pages | 396 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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