Description
Book SynopsisFilm Authorship in Contemporary Transmedia Culture: The Paratextual Lives of Asian Auteurs examines film authorship in the transmedia era whereby film directors have become public figures through a wide range of textual, material, and performative practices. The book draws on the notion of paratext and its related term – palimpsest – to bring forth the idea of self-reflexive authorship as a method of examining the mediated past, present, and afterlife of East Asian filmmakers. The first part of the book pays attention to materials surrounding film festivals, multi-platform distribution, and cinephile/fan creative practices, which have been created, rewritten, and shared to foster and problematize the reputations of selected filmmakers. The second part examines alternative modes of self-projections and creative productions that address the filmmakers’ sense of selves and relations with the industry and the public. Across different chapters, discourses surrrounding film authorship and East Asian cinema are revisited and expanded to highlight its multiple histories and possible futures.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction
Part I – East Asian Film Authorship, Transmedia Spaces, and Paratextual Economies
1. Film Festivals, Paratextual Networks, and the Mediated Auteur Lifecycle
2. Remnants from Distribution Channels and (Un)tenable Authorial Positions
3. Textual, Material, and Spatial Participations in Transmedia Auteur Culture
Part II – Text, Body, and Performance among East Asian Star-Auteurs
4. Co-creating an Assemblage of Selves through Commissioned Artworks
5. The Auteur in Crisis: Self-confessions and Performative Excess
6. Celebrity Authorship and Multiple Mediated Bodies
Conclusion
Filmography
Bibliography
About the author
Index
