In honor of Chinese New Year, Chinese director Yimou Zhang is highlighted this month. Books on Chinese film can be found by doing a subject search in the catalog under “motion pictures–china”. Books and videos by and about Yimou Zhang, as well as books about Chinese film in general are listed below.
Books (selected)
Postsocialist modernity : Chinese cinema, literature, and criticism in the market age HM621 .M372 2008
The cinema of Feng Xiaogang : commercialization and censorship in Chinese cinema after 1989 Fine Arts PN1998.3.F456 Z53 2008
Representation of the cultural revolution in Chinese films by the Fifth Generation filmmakers : Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Tian Zhuangzhuang Fine Arts PN1993.5.C4 C4286 2007
Sentimental fabulations, contemporary Chinese films : attachment in the age of global visibility Fine Arts PN1993.5.C4 C467 2007
The urban generation : Chinese cinema and society at the turn of the twenty-first century Fine Arts PN1993.5.C4 U73 2007
Speaking in images : interviews with contemporary Chinese filmmakers Fine Arts PN1993.5.C4 B49 2005
Zhang Yimou : interviews Fine Arts PN1998.3.Z49 A5 2001
Lun Zhang Yimou Fine Arts PN1998.3.Z49 L86 1994
DVD/Video (selected)
1987 Hong gao liang (Red Sorghum) (DVD) — PN1997 .H665 1994
1990 Ju dou (DVD) — PN1997 .J76 1999
1991 Raise the Red Lantern (DVD) — PN1997.2 .R35 2007
1992 Qiuju da guan si (The Story of Qiu Ju) VHS) — PN1997 .Q245 1993
1994 Huo zhe (To Live) (DVD) — PN1997 .H88 2003
1995 Yao a yao, yao dao wai po qiao (Shanghai Triad) (DVD) PN1997 .Y34 1998
1997 You hua hao hao shuo (Keep Cool) (DVD) PN1997 .Y522 1998
1999 Wo de fu qin mu qin (The Road Home) (DVD) — PN1997 .W5958 1999
1999 Yi ge dou bu neng shao (Not One Less) (DVD) — PN1997 .Y455 2000
2000 Xing fu shi guang (Happy Time) (DVD) — PN1997 .X56 2001
2002 Ying xion (Hero) (DVD) — PN1997 .Y4568
2004 House of Flying Daggers (DVD) — PN1997.2 .H687 2004
2005 Qian li zou dan qi (Riding Alone) (DVD) — PN1997.2 .Q53 2005
2006 Curse of the golden flower (DVD) — PN1997.2 .M35 2007
Chinese New Year
