Remade in Hollywood Véronique Pouillard

Remade in Hollywood Véronique PouillardThe dramatic surge of Chinese visibility in Hollywood has been spurred by Sino chic talents such as directors Ang Lee, John Woo, Wong Kar wai, Wayne Wang, and Zhang Yimou, and stars such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Chow Yun fat, Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, and Michelle Yeoh. Analyzing well known films by Chinese stars and crew, and the influence they have had on Hollywood directors, Kenneth Chan describes how post 1997 notions of Chinese identity and cultural

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and Latin American traditions

and gratitude to the Great Spirit

Freedom Isn’t Free takes an analytical look at political

Illuminates the power in bearing witness as an ethical orientation toward the world and its people

and subjective notions of cultural and aesthetic authenticity

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Explores a variety of artistic responses to contemporary global crises including climate emergency

least understood subjects

as in contemporary Afghanistan and Iraq

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