On Film (issue #14, Spring 1985) [includes Chinese Cinema Section]

[modest edge- and surface-wear to covers, slight bend at top right corner of front cover, a handful of short horizontal stress lines adjacent to spine]. (B&W photographs) The primary feature of this issue is a section on Chinese cinema, containing the following articles: "Introduction," by Howard Davis; "Dianying: The Mirror of Chinese Society, Chinese Film Classics (1905-1949)," by Bao Yugeng; "China is Near: A Visit to the People's Republic," by Nick Browne, Beverle Houston, and Robert Rosen; "The Blossoming of a Hundred Flowers: Filmmaking in the People's Republic of China," by Howard Davis; "An Introduction to the Aesthetics & Politics of Chinese Cinema," by Tony Rayns; "Guide to Further Reading," by Esther Yau. Additional pieces in this issue: "Bitburg: A Film by Reagan," by Hans-Jurgen Syberberg, Jean-Marie Straub, Thomas Elsaesser, Laurence Jarvik, and David Ehrenstein (this is not actually about a film, but rather a group of commentaries on President Ronald Reagan's visit to the Bitburg concentration camp); "The Ratings Game: TV Game Shows and the Business of Buying Audiences," by Lynn Spigel; "The 'Traumatic Units' of Cinema: Research Principles," by Roland Barthes.

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Publisher: UCLA College of Fine Arts

Year: 1985

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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