All Outputs (5)

The distribution model for Hollywood blockbusters during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 (2023)
Book Chapter
Li, Q. (2023). The distribution model for Hollywood blockbusters during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In Q. Li, D. Wilson, & Y. Guan (Eds.), The Global Film Market Transformation in the Post-Pandemic Era: Production, Distribution and Consumption (114-122

In the wake of the pandemic, the traditional mode of theatrical release has been disrupted, and Hollywood has had to shift its focus to alternative methods of distribution, such as releasing films on streaming platforms. This shift has been necessita... Read More about The distribution model for Hollywood blockbusters during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

A Comparative Study on the Representation of Confucian family and Image of Father in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hulk (2023)
Book Chapter
Li, Q. (in press). A Comparative Study on the Representation of Confucian family and Image of Father in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hulk. In The Asian Family in Literature and Film. Palgrave Macmillan

Ang Lee is perhaps one of the most successful auteur director of Chinese origin. This chapter conducts a case study on Ang Lee’s internationally acclaimed academy award winner Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and his Hollywood blockbuster Hulk, and in... Read More about A Comparative Study on the Representation of Confucian family and Image of Father in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hulk.

Rethinking rural China: Zhang Yimou’s Red Sorghum and the roots-searching movement in a post-cultural revolution context (2021)
Book Chapter
Li, Q. (2021). Rethinking rural China: Zhang Yimou’s Red Sorghum and the roots-searching movement in a post-cultural revolution context. In S. P. Gabriel, & B. Wilson (Eds.), . London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003105367

Zhang Yimou, one of the most successful of Chinese auteur directors, has been criticized for his Orientalist tendencies, specifically for the exotic atmosphere that turns his films into Oriental spectacles for Western consumption. Yet criticizing Zha... Read More about Rethinking rural China: Zhang Yimou’s Red Sorghum and the roots-searching movement in a post-cultural revolution context.

Outside and Beyond “The National”: A Case Study of Ang Lee’s Cinema in Hollywood (2019)
Book Chapter
Li, J. (2019). Outside and Beyond “The National”: A Case Study of Ang Lee’s Cinema in Hollywood. In Q. Li, & R. Conte (Eds.), Migration & Memory: Arts and Cinemas of The Chinese Diaspora (21-39). Paris: Maison des sciences de l’Homme

This article takes perhaps the most successful film- maker of Chinese origin, Ang Lee, out of his Taiwanese context of discussion and investigates the ways that his transnational/global filmmaking intersects with Chinese cult... Read More about Outside and Beyond “The National”: A Case Study of Ang Lee’s Cinema in Hollywood.

‘Chineseness’ in Yimou Zhang’s Transnational Cinema (2019)
Book Chapter
Li, J. (2019). ‘Chineseness’ in Yimou Zhang’s Transnational Cinema. In Q. Li, & R. Conte (Eds.), Migration & Memory: Arts and Cinemas of The Chinese Diaspora (99-119). Paris: Maison des sciences de l’Homme

Hollywood and non-Hollywood national cinemas both seek to depict “universal” meanings to ensure better global distribution and reception. “The national” in national cinema is also in a state of hybridity (Bhabha 2004). “The national” bec... Read More about ‘Chineseness’ in Yimou Zhang’s Transnational Cinema.