Film and cinephilia in Pakistan : beyond life and death / edited by Ali Nobil Ahmad, Ali Khan ; foreword by Rachel Dwyer.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
  • Karachi, Pakistan : Oxford University Press, 2020.
  • ©2020
Description
xvii, 266 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

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Subject(s)
Editor
Writer of foreward
Dwyer, Rachel [Browse]
Summary note
"This volume is a carefully curated selection of recently published academic research, critical essays, translations, and interviews on Pakistani cinema. Indispensable for film enthusiasts, students, and scholars of cinema in Pakistan and beyond, it brings cutting edge works previously trapped behind paywalls together with neglected writings by figures such as Manto, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, and Muhammad Hasan Askari. Certain to become a classic in the burgeoning field of South Asian film and media studies, its scope encompasses past and present complexities of filmmaking, distribution, and cinephilia in a country whose rich cinematic heritage is just beginning to be appreciated."--Publisher description.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. I CINEMATIC PASTS
  • 1. Lineages of Pakistan's' Urdu' Cinema: Mode, Mood, and Genre in Zehr-e-Ishq {Poison of Love, 1958) / Iftikhar Dadi
  • 2. Mirrors of Movement: Aina: Afzal Chowdhury's Cinematography and the Interlinked Histories of Cinema in Pakistan and Bangladesh / Lotte Hoek
  • 3. Cross-wing Filmmaking: East Pakistani Urdu Films and their Traces in the Bangladesh Film Archive / Lotte Hoek
  • 4. Umar Marvi and the Representation of Sindh: Cinema and Modernity in the Margins / Camille Bui
  • pt. II ARCHIVES
  • 5. Pakistani Film (1948) / Sa'adat Hasan Manto
  • 6. Colour in Film: Why and To What End? (1947) / Muhammad Hasan Askari
  • 7. Building Pakistan and Filmmaking (1949) / Muhammad Hasan Askari
  • 8. Minimum Standards (1983) / Faiz Ahmed Faiz
  • 9. Independent Filmmaking in Pakistan (2013) / Sabiha Sumar
  • pt. III TRANSITIONS
  • 10. Pakistani Film Poster Art / Ali Khan
  • 11. Kharak Kita OH: Masculinity, Caste, and Gender in Punjabi films / Iqbal Sevea
  • 12. `A Camera From the Time of the British': Film Technologies and Aesthetic Exclusion in Pakistani cinema / Gwendolyn S. Kirk
  • 13. Working Class Zombies and Men in Burqas: Temporality, Trauma, and the Spectre of Nostalgia in Zibahkhana / Gwendolyn S. Kirk
  • 14. The Circulatory Dynamics of Pakistani Film: Approaches to the Circulation of Film Media Across Formats / Timothy P. A. Cooper.
ISBN
  • 9780190701321 (paperback)
  • 0190701323 (paperback)
LCCN
2020373500
OCLC
1242747666
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