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Celluloid Singapore: Cinema, Performance and the National

Celluloid Singapore: Cinema, Performance and the National

Lim, Edna

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Series: Traditions in World Cinema

Film StudiesFilmmakingFilm Guides & Reference

ISBN10: 1474452256
ISBN13: 9781474452250
Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr
Published: Aug 7 2019
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Celluloid Singapore is a ground-breaking study of the three major periods in Singapore's fragmented cinema history, namely the golden age of the 1950s and 60s, the post-studio 1970s, and the revival from the 1990s onwards. Set against the context of Singapore's own trajectory of development, the book poses two central questions: how can the films of each period be considered 'Singapore' films, and how is this cinema specifically national? The book argues that the films of these three periods collectively constitute a national cinema through different performances of Singapore, offering a critical framework for understanding this cinema and its history in relation to the development of the country and the national.

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