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Product Identifiers
PublisherIntellect, The Limited
ISBN-101783203617
ISBN-139781783203611
eBay Product ID (ePID)201717670
Product Key Features
Number of Pages128 Pages
Publication NameWorld Film Locations: Singapore
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
SubjectFilm / Direction & Production, Film & Video
TypeTextbook
AuthorLorenzo Codelli
Subject AreaArt, Performing Arts
SeriesWorld Film Locations Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0 in
Item Weight9.9 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791.43025095957
Table Of ContentSingapore: City of the Imagination Toh Hun Ping Malay Screen in a Predominantly Chinese Singapore Jan Uhde and Yvonne Ng Uhde Scenes 1-7: 1910-1958 The Outsider's Singapore: A Brief History of 'Western Film-makers' Expeditions in Singapore Ben Slater Scenes 8-14: 1961 x-1966 A History of Saying No: Singapore International Film Festival and Censorship Daniel Huti Scenes 15-21: 1967-1990 Eric Khoo Silvia Wong Scenes 22-28: 1995-2002 The Cultural Materialism of Singapore in Jack Neo's Cinema Stephen Teo Scenes 29-35: 2004-2009 A View of Public Housing in Singapore Cinema Warren Sin Scenes 36-42: 2009-2013 Go Further Contributor Bios Filmography
SynopsisA 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 there. 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"The Maid," as well as more artistic films like"Sandcastle," the first Singaporean film to be selected for International Critic s Week at Cannes, and"Ilo Ilo, "which won the Camera 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, "World Film Locations: Singapore"introduces armchair travelers to a rich, but less known, national cinema.", A 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 there. 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 The Maid , as well as more artistic films like Sandcastle , the first Singaporean film to be selected for International Critic's Week at Cannes, and Ilo Ilo, 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, World Film Locations: Singapore introduces armchair travelers to a rich, but less known, national cinema., This volume in the popular World Film Locations series focuses on Singapore, a vibrant city and country nestled at the foot of the Malaysian peninsula. This city has long been a crossroads, a stopping point and a cultural hub where goods, inventions and ideas are shared and traded. Despite having a flourishing Chinese and Malay film industry in the 1950s and 1960s, Singapore's film industry declined after independence in 1965. Between this time and the early 90s a few films were made that featured Singaporean actors and were set in Singapore, however as most of these were not released in Singapore they cannot be labeled as truly Singaporean productions. The first fully Singaporean film came in 1991, with Medium Rare, a film based on a real-life local cult killer who was hanged in 1988 for murder. However the film performed poorly at the box office, taking just S$130,000 locally after having cost over S$2 million in production. Even though Medium Rare was not a success financially it did pave the way for other Singaporean films such as 1995's Mee Pok Man , a film about a lonely noodle seller who falls for a prostitute, which earned worldwide critical accolades and encouraged more experimental, independent film making in Singapore. In recent years the Singapore film industry has produced both commercially successful fare such as horror movie The Maid as well as more artistic films like Sandcastle, Boo Junfeng's film which was the first Singaporean film to be selected at the International Critic's Week at Cannes, and was competing for the Caméra d'Or. This book focuses on both past and present Singaporean films and their cultural and geographic links to the city-state of Singapore. The book will include Malay and Chinese language films. The book will cover the myths that surround Singaporean film and explore the realities of the movies that come from this exciting city., Covering the myths that surround Singaporean film and exploring the realities of the movies that come from this exciting city, World Film Locations: Singapore introduces armchair travellers to a rich, but less known, national cinema.
LC Classification NumberPN1995.67
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