New immigrant : on the first locally produced film in Singapore and Malaya
Based on historical evidence from a large number of newspapers from the 1920s, this article disputes the assertion of the international academic circle that the film Xin Ke (New Immigrant) was never released. The article demonstrates the historical significance of Xin Ke and establishes its status a...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1004932020-03-07T12:10:41Z New immigrant : on the first locally produced film in Singapore and Malaya Hee, Wai Siam School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::China::Chinese overseas Based on historical evidence from a large number of newspapers from the 1920s, this article disputes the assertion of the international academic circle that the film Xin Ke (New Immigrant) was never released. The article demonstrates the historical significance of Xin Ke and establishes its status as the first Singaporean-Malayan film. The article also makes several important contributions to our understanding of Xin Ke and its creators. First, it describes the origins of, and public response to, the Nanyang Liu Bei-jin Film Company. Second, it examines the moving and tragic life of Liu Bei-jin, the former Namchow mechanic who became the film company's head and who later left Singapore and Malaya to fight in the Chinese War of Resistance against Japan. Third, it describes the Xin Ke production team and the film's reception. It investigates the problems that the film confronted at the time of its production, including censorship imposed by the British colonial government during the 1920s. Fourth, it discusses the oscillation found in Xin Ke's screenplay between the Nanyang and Chinese styles of literature and art. Finally, it examines the manner in which the film addressed the disputes between the two major Chinese communities in Nanyang, namely the ‘Xin Ke’ (new immigrants) and the Peranakan (Straits Chinese). Accepted Version 2014-10-23T08:49:32Z 2019-12-06T20:23:28Z 2014-10-23T08:49:32Z 2019-12-06T20:23:28Z 2014 2014 Journal Article Hee, W. S. (2014). New Immigrant : on the first locally produced film in Singapore and Malaya. Journal of Chinese cinemas, 8(3), 244-258. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100493 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24116 10.1080/17508061.2014.949157 177608 en Journal of Chinese cinemas © 2014 Taylor & Francis. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Taylor & Francis. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17508061.2014.949157]. 16 p. application/pdf |
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Based on historical evidence from a large number of newspapers from the 1920s, this article disputes the assertion of the international academic circle that the film Xin Ke (New Immigrant) was never released. The article demonstrates the historical significance of Xin Ke and establishes its status as the first Singaporean-Malayan film. The article also makes several important contributions to our understanding of Xin Ke and its creators. First, it describes the origins of, and public response to, the Nanyang Liu Bei-jin Film Company. Second, it examines the moving and tragic life of Liu Bei-jin, the former Namchow mechanic who became the film company's head and who later left Singapore and Malaya to fight in the Chinese War of Resistance against Japan. Third, it describes the Xin Ke production team and the film's reception. It investigates the problems that the film confronted at the time of its production, including censorship imposed by the British colonial government during the 1920s. Fourth, it discusses the oscillation found in Xin Ke's screenplay between the Nanyang and Chinese styles of literature and art. Finally, it examines the manner in which the film addressed the disputes between the two major Chinese communities in Nanyang, namely the ‘Xin Ke’ (new immigrants) and the Peranakan (Straits Chinese). |
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