The Cinema of Feng Xiaogang: Commercialization and Censorship in Chinese Cinema After 1989

by Rui Zhang

Illustrates the commercial struggles and censorship pressures faced by one of China's most successful and prolific film directors, whose diverse work features everyday people and problems in postsocialist popular culture.

204 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2008

Reviews

[Comicad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rather, they provided the audience with a good entertainment without an explicit political or ideological agenda while still addressing the audiences’ concerns.

- Chapter 3: Chinese Cinema from 1989 to the Middle of the 1990s and Feng Xiaogang’s Early Career

Strong 3. A slog in some parts but overall effective in educating me about a filmmaker whose work I haven’t watched prior and the world he was and maybe still in.