1st Edition

Singapore Cinema New Perspectives

204 Pages

by Routledge

204 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

194 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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This book outlines and discusses the very wide range of cinema which is to be found in Singapore. Although Singapore cinema is a relatively small industry, and relatively new, it has nevertheless made an impact, and continues to develop in interesting ways. The book shows that although Singapore cinema is often seen as part of diasporic Chinese cinema, it is in fact much more than this, with... Read more

Part I: Cine-Pasts

1. Malay Cinema’s Legacy of Cultural Materialism: P. Ramlee as Historical Mentor, Stephen Teo

2. Singapore Cinema: Connecting the Golden Age and the Revival, Edna Lim

3. Converge and Slippage between Film and History: Reviewing Invisible City, Zahari’s 17 Years, and Sandcastle, Loh Kah Seng and Kenneth Paul Tan

4. Independent Digital Filmmaking and Its Impact on Film Archiving in Singapore, Karen Chan and Chew Tee Pao

Part II: Cine-citizenry

5. Jack Neo, Conformity and Cultural Materialism in Singapore Film, Stephen Teo

6. Sensuous Citizenship in Contemporary Singapore Cinema: A Case Study of Singapore GaGa (Tan Pin Pin, 2005), Sophia Siddique Harvey

7. Popular Music and Contemporary Singaporean Cinema, Liew Kai Khiun and Brenda Chan

8. Off with the shaking heads!Reel-izing ‘the Singapore Indian’ in the local Tamil films My Magic and Gurushetram-24 Hours of Anger, Nidya, Shantini Manokara

Part III: Cine-cityscapes

9. Foucault vs. Singapore: Biopolitics and Geopolitics in Contemporary Queer Films, Jun Zubillaga-Pow

10. Mapping Singapore’s Cinemas, Charles Leary

11. Going to the Movies in Pardes, Anjali Gera Roy