{"product_id":"world-film-locations-singapore-9781783203611","title":"World Film Locations: Singapore","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA vibrant city and country nestled at the foot of the Malaysian peninsula, Singapore has long been a crossroads, a stopping point and a cultural hub where goods, inventions and ideas are shared and traded. Though Singapore was home to a flourishing Chinese and Malay film industry in the 1950s and 1960s, between independence in 1965 and the early 1990s, few movies were made in Singapore. A new era for cinema in the sovereign city-state started with the international recognition of Eric Khoo’s first features, followed by a New Wave comprised of graduates from local film schools. In recent years the Singapore film industry has produced commercially successful fare, such as the horror movie \u003cem\u003eThe Maid\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as more artistic films like \u003cem\u003eSandcastle\u003c\/em\u003e, the first Singaporean film to be selected for International Critic’s Week at Cannes and \u003cem\u003eIlo Ilo\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Caméra d’or at Cannes in 2013. Covering the myths that surround Singaporean film and exploring the realities of the movies that come from this exciting city, \u003cem\u003eWorld Film Locations: Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e introduces armchair travellers to a rich, but less known, national cinema\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaps\/Scenes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 1–7 – 1910–1958\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 8–14 – 1961–1966\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 15–21 –1967–1990\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 22–28 – 1995–2002\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 29–35 – 2004–2009\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 36–42 – 2009–2013\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEssays \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSingapore: City of the Imagination – Toh Hun Ping\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMalay Screen in a Predominantly Chinese Singapore – Jan Uhde and Yvonne Ng Uhde\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Outsider's Singapore: A Brief History of 'Western' Film-makers' Expeditions in Singapore – Ben Slater\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA History of Saying No: Singapore International Film Festival and Censorship – Daniel Hui\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEric Khoo – Silvia Wong\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Cultural Materialism of Singapore in Jack Neo's Cinema – Stephen Teo\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA View of Public Housing in Singapore Cinema – Warren Sin\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042261533015,"sku":"9781783203611","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/world-film-locations-singapore-9781783203611","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}