Chinese Movie Magazines

Name: Chinese Movie Magazines
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9780500519882
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From Charlie Chaplin to Chairman Mao 1921-1951

By Paul Fonoroff

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Chinese Movie Magazines by Paul Fonoroff explores the vibrant history and cultural impact of Chinese cinema through the lens of its magazines. The book delves into the evolution of film media in China, offering a fascinating glimpse into the country's social changes and film industry developments over the years. It features a rich collection of images and discussions, making it an invaluable resource for film enthusiasts and historians interested in the intersection of cinema, art, and society.
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Chinese Movie Magazines

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Chinese Movie Magazines

A beautiful, authoritative and unique guide to Chinese movie magazines and movies from a period of vast cultural change in China that provides a fresh perspective on the history of Chinese popular culture, media and social life.

Description

Chinese Movie Magazines shortlisted for Trade Illustrated category in the British Design and Production Awards

Organised thematically within a chronological structure, this book includes more than 500 full-colour covers—many of them rare—from the Paul Kendel Fonoroff Collection in Berkeley's C. V. Starr East Asian Library, the largest collection of Eastern movie memorabilia outside China.

Fonoroff's text relates the magazines to the times in which they were created, embracing everything from cinematic trends to politics and world events without neglecting gossip, fashion and pop culture.

The result is a survey of the era's movie publications, doubling as a journey through the urban cultural milieu of this transformative period that sheds light on a vast forgotten world. Chinese Movie Magazines will appeal to Chinese film scholars, social historians and connoisseurs of the graphic arts in equal measure.

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Chinese Movie Magazines by Paul Fonoroff is praised for its rich imagery that reflects the evolving graphic culture and ties it to political and historical events. It appeals to fans of Eastern cinema as a visually captivating coffee-table book. Described as a thorough collector's work, it offers a wealth of insight into vintage magazines and Chinese cinematic history.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500519882

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 September 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 275.0mm

Weight: 1200g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

Paul Fonoroff served as film critic for the South China Morning Post for more than a quarter of a century. He also hosted over 1,000 movie-related TV shows in Cantonese, Mandarin and English, and had roles in twenty movies. He is a member of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society and the Performing Artists Guild of Hong Kong, and is an advisor to the Hong Kong Film Archives. His unique collection of Chinese movie memorabilia was acquired by the University of California, Berkeley, in 2015, and housed in the C. V. Starr East Asian Library.