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World Film Locations: Beijing by John Berra

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Summary

The city's sprawling structure and rapid redevelopment - embodied by the high-rise apartments taking over historic districts - render Beijing's streets hard to navigate and its culture is just as difficult to penetrate. This book offers a revealing introduction to both.

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World Film Locations: Beijing by John Berra

In a series of spotlight essays and illustrated scene reviews, a cast of seasoned scholars and fresh new voices explore the vast range of films - encompassing drama, madcap comedy, martial arts escapism and magical realism - that have been set in Beijing. Unveiling a city of hidden courtyards, looming skyscrapers and traditional Hutong neighbourhoods, these contributors depict a distinctive urban culture that reflects the conflict and tumult of a nation in transition. With considerations of everything from the back streets of Beijing Bicycle to the forbidden palace of The Last Emperor to the tourist park of The World, this volume is a definitive cinematic guide to an ever-changing and endlessly fascinating capital city.

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John Berra, a lecturer in film studies at Nanjing University, is the author of Declarations of Independence: American Cinema and the Partiality of Independent Production and the editor of the Directory of World Cinema: American Independent and the Directory of World Cinema: Japan.

Liu Yang is a lecturer in film studies at Nanjing University.

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ISBN 13 9781841506425
ISBN 10 1841506427
Title World Film Locations: Beijing
Author John Berra
Series World Film Locations
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Intellect
Year published 2012-09-15
Number of pages 128
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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