Drawing on numerous movie semiotic theories, this publication sheds mild on works through mainland chinese language administrators, Hong Kong New Wave administrators, Taiwan New Cinema administrators, and out of the country chinese language administrators. Zeng examines the cultural/historical implications of exile during the targeted research of movie language and theoretical exploration.
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