{"product_id":"cinema-approaching-reality-9780816693573","title":"Cinema Approaching Reality","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An eye-opening exploration of the possibilities of approaching cinema anew, in its photographic materiality, after the digital turn.\"—Guo-Juin Hong, Duke University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Erudite, thought-provoking and lucidly composed. \u003ci\u003eCinema Approaching Reality \u003c\/i\u003efills a giant gap in Chinese film studies as the first comprehensive and imaginative study of key theoretical debates on cinema in China and Hong Kong before 1950. More importantly, Victor Fan bridges or reestablishes the historical and philosophical connections between the Chinese discourses and Western film theory within the global context of modernity, capitalism, and imperialism, while offering refreshing insights into the life or temporality of the moving image in the wake of the digital turn.\"—Zhang Zhen, New York University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNote on Transliteration\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Approaching Reality: Chinese Ontology and the Potentiality of Time\u003cbr\u003e2. Cinema of Thought: Directed Consciousness in Chinese Marxist Film Theory\u003cbr\u003e3. Soft Film Theory: Life\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ein All Its Presence and Concreteness\u003cbr\u003e4. Fey Mou: The Presence of an Absence\u003cbr\u003e5. Cinema of Ideation, Cinema of Play: The Early Cantonese Sound Film\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eFilmography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405975363927,"sku":"9780816693573","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816693573.jpg?v=1730494109","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cinema-approaching-reality-9780816693573","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}