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In-Depth Interpretation of the Film Taxi Driver
· 2026
This book offers an in-depth reading of the film Taxi Driver. Travis, a Vietnam veteran plagued by insomnia, takes a job as a night-shift cab driver; …
Non-Criticism
Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2025
“Criticism” must “decide,” just as “becoming human is still a decision.” This is an atypical collection of criticism. The critic cares less about work…
Ibuprofen, Spiritual Painkiller: A Fable of Mental Self-Rescue for Modern People
· 2025
Trauma across dimensions of emotion, existential meaning, and social pressure, revealing the psychological mechanisms and social roots behind these wo…
Life Is Beautiful After All
· 2024
Moments, cosmetic surgery, ambiguous flirtations… these labels peculiar to our era—what do we see in this age, and what do we feel? Looks have become …
The Era of Fake Divorce to Buy a House
China Publishing Group Digital Media Co., Ltd. · 2023
The cost of remarrying after a fake divorce is just 18 yuan, while a fake divorce to buy a second home can save over 600,000 yuan—making fake divorce …
Brocade Robes, Beautiful Women, and the Dream of Home and Country: A Study of Body Culture in Zhang Yimou's Films
Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2017
This book analyzes and interprets Zhang Yimou's films through the distinctive lens of the body. Because the body in film involves a complex series of …
Regression
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2021
Regression collects more than thirty essays written in the five years since Chen Danqing returned to China, touching on painting, film, urban life, an…