Name: Jia Zhangke's 'Hometown Trilogy': Xiao Wu, Platform, Unknown Pleasures
ISBN: 978-1-84457-550-3

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Michael Berry

Michael Berry

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Part of the book series: BFI Film Classics (BFIFC)

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Berry's study of Jia Zhangke's masterful trilogy, Xiao Wu (1997), Platform (2000) and Unknown Pleasures offers a fascinating glimpse into the cinematic world of one of China's most influential filmmakers, and explores Jia's concern with themes of destruction and change, stagnation and movement, and the ceaseless search for home.

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Here is an opportunity to read about his [Jia Zhangke's] work in a masterfully laid out study' - Japan Times

About the author

MICHAEL BERRY is Associate Professor of Contemporary Chinese Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. He is the author of A History of Pain: Trauma in Modern Chinese Literature and Film (Columbia University Press, 2008) and Speaking in Images: Interviews with Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers (Columbia University Press, 2005).

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Book Title: Jia Zhangke's 'Hometown Trilogy': Xiao Wu, Platform, Unknown Pleasures
Authors: Michael Berry
Series Title: BFI Film Classics
Publisher: British Film Institute London
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84457-550-3Published: 24 February 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 96
Topics: Asian Cinema, Film History, Film and Television Studies

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