The Storytelling of Chinese Costume Dramaand the Representation of Imperial Rite in theChinese Costume Drama: Based on the New Year’s Day Celebrations of the TV drama “Rang-Ya-Bang(琅琊榜) ” (2015) and the Ceremonial Appearance on the Frontier of “Bu-Bu-Jing-Xin(步步驚心) ” (2011)

2020 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 91-116
Author(s):  
Hyoun-Sun Moon
Keyword(s):  
Costume Drama

The House of Mirth

2001 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-51
Author(s):  
James Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Art Cinema ◽  
James Ivory ◽  
Costume Drama ◽  
American Classic ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The House Of Mirth

The great British filmmaker Terence Davies adapts Edith Wharton's American classic, The House of Mirth, and the sensibilities of author and filmmaker mesh unexpectedly, producing a film of uncommon delicacy. Simulating the traditional costume drama as it has been codified by such directors as James Ivory, Davies actually works against the most entrenched conventions of the genre by countering naturalism with artifice. This review of Davies's film examines the aesthetic strategies of this extraordinary adaptation, and places the film in the context of Davies's work and contemporary art cinema more generally.

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