{"title":"Victor Fan","description":"\u003cp\u003eVictor Fan's work invites readers to explore the nuanced relationship between cinema and cultural expression. His thoughtful analysis illuminates how film can serve as a mirror to society, bridging art and reality with compelling insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDelve into a collection that encourages reflection on visual storytelling and its impact on modern culture. Fans of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e will appreciate Victor Fan’s eloquent examinations of film as both an artistic and social phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cinema-illuminating-reality-by-victor-fan-9781517909925","title":"Cinema Illuminating Reality","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new critical approach to cinema and media based on Buddhism as a philosophical discourse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow can a philosophical discourse generated in Asia help us reframe and renew cinema and media theory? \u003cem\u003eCinema Illuminating Reality\u003c\/em\u003e provides a possible way to do this by using Buddhist ideas to examine the intricate relationship between technicity and consciousness in the cinema. The resulting dialogue between Buddhism and Euro-American philosophy is the first of its kind in film and media studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVictor Fan examines cinema's ontology and ontogenetic formation and how such a formational process produces knowledge, political agency, and in-aesthetics. Buddhism allows Fan to deconstruct binary thinking and reimagine media as an ecology, rethinking cinema in relational terms between the human and the machine. Along the way, Fan considers a wide variety of case studies from around the globe, while paying special attention to how contemporary Tibeto-Sinophone filmmakers have adopted relational thinking to detail ways of rebuilding a world that appears to be beyond repair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Chinese queer cinema to a reexamination of Japanese master Ozu's work and its historical reception to Christian Petzold's 2018 existential thriller \u003cem\u003eTransit\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCinema Illuminating Reality\u003c\/em\u003e forges a remarkable path between Buddhist studies and cinema studies, casting vital new light on both of these important subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430283100396,"sku":"9781517909925","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781517909925.jpg?v=1774559277"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/victor-fan.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}