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iFilm Connections Book SaleVIETNAM BOOK LAUNCH: Modernity and Nationality in Vietnamese Cinema -- $15 + $5 S/H
Until now, those in the West who wanted to understand nuances in Vietnam feature films have been dependant on analysis by Western film scholars. This is about to change; thanks to the recent English translation of Modernity and Nationality in Vietnamese Cinema, a groundbreaking book about the history of Vietnam cinema that discusses the roles that Vietnam culture, values, politics and history play in the making of Vietnam feature-films. The book is written by a leading Vietnam film scholar, Ngo Phuong Lan, and has recently been translated into English by NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) film critics and Asian film programmers, Aruna Vasudev from India and Philip Cheah from Singapore. |
