Sunday, 29 March 2020

East Asian Film Noir. Transnational Encounters and Intercultural Dialogue. Edited by Chi-Yun Shin and Mark Gallagher. (3.8🌟)

12 essays exploring East Asian Film Noir or at least with film noir elements.

My Favourite essays :

Chapter 1. Out of the past: film noir, whiteness and the end of the monochrome era in Japan by Daisuke Miyao. Discusses Jasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Twilight and Conflagration by Kon Ichikawa.

Chapter 2. Ghost in the Shell: the noir instinct by Dan North. Discusses noir elements in the anime films.

Chapter 11. Tony Leung's Noir Thrillers and Transnational Stardom by Mark Gallagher. On The famous chines actor's hability to portray noir characters. (You may know Tony Leung from the Infernal Affairs trilogy and In the Mood for Love)

Chapter 12. Double identity: the stardom of Xun Zhou and the Figure of the Femme Fatale by Chi-Yun Shin. On The actress's portrayal as femme fatale characters. (I've seen this actress before in The Banquet (2006) Now I'm more interested in seeing more of her filmography, particularly Suzhou River and Painted Skin.) #filmnoir #eastasianfilm #chiyunshin #markgallagher #readstagram #nonfictionbook #marzoasiatico

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