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It is not HK, but Vietnamese films this time.  Press communique from Asiaexpo: |
When one mentions " Vietnamese cinema " it is usually with Tran Anh Hung ou Tony Bui in mind. But At the Height of Summer is a French film and Three Seasons an American one.
Vietnamese cinema remains largely unknown. Only a small number of festivals and rare distributors have been able to offer a few films to audiences in a few countries around the world, the bulk of Vietnamese cinema has stayed in its homeland.
This cinema, lacking resources and marked by socialist realism, came into existence during wartime and established itself in close connection with the national identity. But over the last twenty years two events have had a disrupting effect on cinematic production : The Vietnam’s “opening” in 1986 and the return of filmmakers of Vietnamese origin to the country.
The work of Viet Linh and that of Dang Nhat Minh have won the recognition they deserve, but this notoriety must not hide either the solemnity of traditional films or the vitality of the more modernist ones. Profound or superficial, these films – of heritage and of the future – are not distributed.
This work aims to cast some light upon the subject. The following collection of articles assembles varying perspectives as an introduction to Vietnamese cinema and with the intention of bringing it out of the shadows.
Name a vietnamese director. Name a second one, a third one... If you stopped from the beginning, on the way or not at all, this book is for you.
Second work from the collection "Asian Connection", after Thai Cinema / le cinéma thaïlandais, published in november in 2006, Vietnamese cinema is almost unkonwn within or over its borders.
If you cannot read in this language, finding information about this cinema is nearly an impossible task. That's why this book, the first one written in English and French on this subject, collects the best French, English and Vietnamese specialists in order to tell you the fascinating story of Vietnamese cinema. This story begins, according to official sources or not, in the year 1896, 1924, 1953. After two wars and a period of revival (dôi-moi), Vietnam is well-known thanks to its directors, called viet-kieu (expatriated), who win awards in festivals abroad. For sure, there is cinema in Vietnam, but is there a Vietnamese cinema ?
Good Morning Vietnam !
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“Le cinéma vietnamien / Vietnamese Cinema” (a book + a dvd)
Asiexpo Edition, Asian Connection series. ISBN : 978-2-9528018-1-2
260 pages, 345 g, color cover, paperback, with a dvd (2h of interviews & documentaries)
format 14 x 21,5 cm. Price : EUros 21
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Le Cinéma Vietnamien / Vietnamese Cinema, New book from Asiexpo Edition
