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book		The Asian cinema experience : styles, spaces, theory Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York: Routledge, 2013. Call No: 756(5) TEO Author: Teo, Stephen Source: UK Place: Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York Publisher: Routledge PubDate: 2013 PhysDes: xv, 269 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm Series: Media, culture and social change in Asia ; 30 Subject: INDIAN CINEMA; CITY OF SADNESS, A [; JAPAN; KOREA; TAIWAN; THAILAND; SINGAPORE; MALAYSIA; IRAN; BOLLYWOOD; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; NATIONALISM AND THE CINEMA; THEORY; ASIAN COUNTRIES; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. ASIAN COUNTRIES; WORLD CINEMA; BLOCKBUSTERS; ANIMATION; HORROR FILM; GHOST FILMS; EROTIC FILMS; EROTIC FILMS. ASIA Summary: "This book explores the range and dynamism of contemporary Asian cinemas, covering East Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan), Southeast Asia (Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia), South Asia (Bollywood), and West Asia (Iran), in order to discover what is common about them and to engender a theory or concept of "Asian Cinema". It goes beyond existing work which provides a field survey of Asian cinema, probing more deeply into the field of Asian Cinema, arguing that Asian Cinema constitutes a separate pedagogical subject, and putting forward an alternative cinematic paradigm. The book covers "styles", including the works of classical Asian Cinema masters, and specific genres such as horror films, and Bollywood and Anime, two very popular modes of Asian Cinema; "spaces", including artistic use of space and perspective in Chinese cinema, geographic and personal space in Iranian cinema, the private "erotic space" of films from South Korea and Thailand, and the persistence of the family unit in the urban spaces of Asian big cities in many Asian films; and "concepts" such as Pan-Asianism, Orientalism, Nationalism and Third Cinema. The rise of Asian nations on the world stage has been coupled with a growing interest, both inside and outside Asia, of Asian culture, of which film is increasingly an indispensable component--this book provides a rich, insightful overview of what exactly constitutes Asian Cinema." -- BOOK BLURB Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index; Includes filmography ISBN: 9781138815780 Contents: pt. I Styles -- 1.Kurosawa and classical style in Asian Cinema -- 2.Satyajit Ray and the Indian sensitivity of affect -- 3.The historical blockbuster style -- 4.The abstract transnational style of anime -- 5.Asian horror and the ghost-story style -- 6.The `Bollywood' style -- pt. II Spaces -- 7.Space in Asian melodrama -- 8.Iranian cinema and inward space -- 9.Domestic space and the family in South Korean cinema -- 10.Erotic space in Asian films -- pt. III Theory -- 11.The world and Asian Cinema -- 12.Asian Cinema and other cinemas. More info
book		Director in action : Johnnie To and the Hong Kong action film / Stephen Teo Aberdeen, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2007. Call No: 81TO TEO Author: Teo, Stephen Source: HK Place: Aberdeen, Hong Kong Publisher: Hong Kong University Press PubDate: 2007 PhysDes: x, 294 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: TO, JOHNNY; ADVENTURE FILMS Summary: "Director in Action examines the career of Johnnie To, whose art-house action hits include A Hero Never Dies, The Longest Nite, Running out of Time, The Mission, PTU, Breaking News, Election and Election 2. The author discusses the symbiotic relationship between director and genre, why To is regarded as an auteur, and the influence he has on the trajectory of the action genre in the Hong Kong cinema..." -- Back Cover Notes: Signed by the author; Includes bibliography and notes ISBN: 9789622098404 Language: English Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. From The big heat to Lifeline -- 3. Nucleus of the Milky Way -- 4. Directed by Johnnie To -- 5. The uneven auteur -- 6. Postscript -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Author's interview with Johnnie To -- Appendix 2: Johnnie To on Election More info
Interim book		Fight and flight : the wuxia film in Chinese cinema / Stephen Teo Call No: 736.35 TEO Author: Teo, Stephen PhysDes: 262 p ; 29 cm Subject: TAIWAN; CITY OF SADNESS, A [; GENRES; HU, KING; CHANG, CHEH Summary: This dissertation is a history of the wuxia genre demonstrating how it has underpinned the development of three Chinese cinemas: Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan. [Taken from thesis summary.] Notes: PhD thesis More info
Yet to catalogue book		Hong Kong cinema : the extra dimensions / Stephen Teo London: BFI, 1997. Call No: 71(512.317) TEO Author: Teo, Stephen CorpAuthor: British Film Institute Place: London Publisher: BFI PubDate: 1997 PhysDes: xi, 308 p. ; 25 cm ISBN: 0851704964 LON: abn96175456; 12304761 More info
book		King Hu's a touch of Zen / Stephen Teo Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2007. Call No: 79HSI TEO Author: Teo, Stephen Source: HK Place: Hong Kong Publisher: Hong Kong University Press PubDate: 2007 PhysDes: xiv, 179 p. : ill., ports ; 19 cm Series: The New Hong Kong Cinema Subject: HSIA NU (TZ, King Hu [pseud. of Hu Chin-Chuan], 1969) Summary: Book length study exploring the dimensions and mysteries of 'A Touch of Zen'. Notes: Includes bibliographical references: (p. [167]-171), filmography and index ISBN: 9789622098152 More info
Interim book		Wong Kar-wai London: British Film Institute, 2005. Call No: 81KAR TEO Author: Teo, Stephen Source: UK Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 2005 Series: World directors Subject: WONG KAR-WAI; DIRECTORS. HONG KONG; CRITICISM; AS TEARS GO BY (HK, Wong Kar-Wai, 1989); CHUNGKING EXPRESS [CHONGQING SENLIN] (HK, Wong Kar-Wai, 1994); CHUNGKING EXPRESS [CHONGQING SENLIN] (HK, Wong Kar-Wai, 1994); IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE [FA YEUNG NIN WA] (HK, Wong Kar-Wai, 2000); [TWO THOUSAND AND FORTY-SIX] 2046 (HK, Wong Kar-Wai, 2004) Summary: A study of film director Wong Kar-wai, looking at his films, advertising work, and music videos he has directed. It explores how he draws from various film and literary elements that influence his work and examines his legacy amongst Hong Kong, and world, cinema. ISBN: 1844570290 ID2: 291 More info

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