The Cinema of Wang Bing : e Chinese Documentary between History and Labor
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
9888805770
ISBN-13
9789888805778
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press
Imprint
Hong Kong University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 6th, 2024
Print length
188 Pages
Weight
496 grams
Dimensions
15.90 x 23.70 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Film theory & criticismFilm history, theory or criticismAsian historyAsian history
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Having made documentary films screened at the most prestigious film festivals in the West, Chinese documentary filmmaker Wang Bing presents a unique case of independent filmmaking. In The Cinema of Wang Bing, Bruno Lessard examines the documentarian''s most important films, focusing on the two obsessions at the heart of his oeuvre-the legacy of Maoist China in the present and the transformation of labor since China’s entry into the market economy—and how the crucial figures of survivor and worker are represented on screen. Bruno Lessard argues that Wang Bing is a minjian (grassroots) intellectual whose films document the impact of Mao’s Great Leap Forward on Chinese collective memory and register the repercussions of China’s turn to neoliberalism on workers in the post-Reform era. Bringing together Chinese documentary studies and China studies, the author shows how Wang Bing’s practice reflects the minjian ethos when documenting the survivors of the Great Famine and those who have not benefitted from China’s neoliberal policies—from laid-off workers to migrant workers. The films discussed include some of Wang Bing’s most celebrated works such as West of the Tracks and Dead Souls, as well as neglected documentaries such as Coal Money and Bitter Money.
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