The mysterious other: Postpolitics in Chinese film.

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  • Author(s): Xiaoming, Chen
  • Source:
    Boundary 2. Fall97, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p123. 19p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      Politics in motion pictures; Motion picture industry
    • Subject Terms:
      China
    • Abstract:
      Looks at the decisive role of postpolitics in contemporary Chinese motion pictures. Exploration of the means by which the omnipresent politics is mysteriously transformed into the revolutionary narrative; Investigation of how a symbolic act is constituted by politics in contemporary Chinese film; Emergence of the Fifth Generation filmmakers and the Sixth Generation filmmakers; Reference to Zhang Yimou's film `To Live.'