Sino-Enchantment : : The Fantastic in Contemporary Chinese Cinemas / / Kenneth Chan, Andrew Stuckey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2021
• VerfasserIn: Chan, Kenneth,; Stuckey, Andrew,
• MitwirkendeR: Chan, Kenneth,; Chao, Shi-Yan,; Chung, Elaine,; Cunliffe, Tom,; McGrath, Jason,; North, Dan,; Pettigrew, Ian,; Stuckey, Andrew,; Wang, Yiman,; Yang, Li,; Yang, Mei,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in East Asian Film : ESEAF
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 24 B/W illustrations

Approaches the recent resurgence of the fantastic in Chinese cinemasOffers the framework of ‘Sino-enchantment’ as a new theoretical lens through which readers can engage elements of the fantastic in Chinese cinemaAddresses the increasing prominence of fantastic narratives, imagery and styles in Chinese filmsInterested not simply in CGI effects, but as much in the ideological, aesthetic and ethical ramifications of the fantastic in contemporary film cultureAlthough Chinese film audiences have always maintained a foundational cultural interest in the fantastic, this trend has dramatically increased over the last decade. Sino-Enchantment is the first work in English to approach this recent explosion of fantastic film in Chinese cinemas, where each re-envisioning of the form is determined by cultural, economic, political and technological factors to produce fresh inventions and creative reinventions of familiar narratives, characters and tropes. With case studies of films such as The Assassin (2015), Monster Hunt (2015) and The Great Wall (2016), this novel approach uses the framework of ‘Sino-enchantment’ as a new theoretical lens through which readers can engage with elements of the fantastic in Chinese cinema.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Contributors -- Note on Romanisation -- 1 Introduction: Th e Fantastic as Sino-Enchantment in Contemporary Chinese Cinemas -- PART I VISUALITY/VIRTUALITY -- 2 Heroic Human Pixels: Mass Ornaments and Digital Multitudes in Zhang Yimou’s Spectacles -- 3 The Spectacle of Co-Production in The Great Wall -- 4 The Blockbuster Breakthrough: The Fantastic in Hero -- PART II GENRES OF SINO-ENCHANTMENT -- 5 The Restrained Fantastic in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassin -- 6 An Auteurist Journey through the Fantastic Mode: A Case Study of Ho Meng-hua -- 7 Tracing the Science Fiction Genre in Hong Kong Cinema -- 8 Chick Flick Fantasy and Postfeminism in Chinese Cinema: 20 Once Again as a Transnational Remake -- 9 The Sacred Spectacle: Subverting Scepticism in Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee Films -- PART III ETHICS -- 10 Almost Wild, But Not Quite: The Indexical and the Fantastic Animal Other in China-Co-Produced (Eco)Cinema -- 11 Domesticity, Sentimentality and Otherness: The Boundary of the Human in Monster Hunt -- 12 Transforming Tripitaka: Toward a (Buddhist) Planetary Ethics in Stephen Chow’s Adaptation of Journey to the West -- Coda: Sino-Enchantment in a Time of Crisis -- Selected Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index