{"product_id":"singapore-a-cinematic-portrait","title":"Singapore: A Cinematic Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRaphaël Millet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 530 pages\u003cbr\u003e9789819447091\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this richly illustrated account, drawing on rare archival material, rigorous research and decades of critical engagement, Raphaël Millet traces the many ways cinema has seen, framed and imagined Singapore – from the earliest colonial newsreels to the evolving forms of image-making in the digital age. Spanning 125 years (1900-2025), the book charts the island's journey on screen, from its days as a bustling imperial entrepôt to its emergence as a confident, modern, cosmopolitan city-state. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross this long arc of cinematic history, Singapore merges not merely as a backdrop of film location, but as a protagonist in its own right - its rising skyline, its languages intermingling, its people appearing and reappearing in ever-changing constellations before the cinema. Whether refracted through the gaze of foreign productions or shaped from within by local filmmakers, each image contributes to a composite portrait of a nation in motion. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt once a work of history and a visual journey, Singapore: A Cinematic Portrait is enriched with film posters, handbills and photographs that evoke memory while grounding the narrative in place and time. It offers a window onto the past and holds a mirror to the present, opening up ways of seeing how cinema documents and reimagines a nation. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e1 Early Cinema\u003cbr\u003e2 The Inter-War Years\u003cbr\u003e3 Cinema in Times of War\u003cbr\u003e4 The Post-war Cinematic Awakening\u003cbr\u003e5 The Grand Studio Era: Filming Nusantara\u003cbr\u003e6 The Grand Studio Era: Filming Nanyang\u003cbr\u003e7 The Grand Studio Era: Singapore's Cinematic Malayan Touch\u003cbr\u003e8 1960 Singapore Through the Indian Lens\u003cbr\u003e9 Cold War Singapore Through the Western Lens\u003cbr\u003e10 A Cinematic Transition Looking for Direction\u003cbr\u003e11 Melancholia Singapura\u003cbr\u003e12 Nostalgia Singapura\u003cbr\u003e13 Filming the Singapore Dream\u003cbr\u003e14 Filming the Singapore Story\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaphaël Millet is a film scholar, writer, director and producer based between France and Singapore since 2002. Trained in political science and film studies in Paris, he has taught cinema, worked with France Télévisions and the French National Centre of Cinema (CNC), and written widely on European, Middle Eastern and Asian cinemas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA specialist on Singapore cinema, he is the author of Le Cinéma de Singapour (2003) and Singapore Cinema (2006), and a contributor to Positif, Trafic, Les Cahiers du cinéma and BiblioAsia. In 2005, he co-created Screen Singapore, the first major retrospective of the nation’s cinema, and has advised institutions including the Centre Pompidou.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a documentary filmmaker, his work explores cinema history and culture. His Singapore-related films—Gaston Méliès and His Wandering Star Film Company, Chaplin in Bali and The Capitol of Singapore—are held in the Asian Film Archive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asian Film Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42443564777507,"sku":"9789819447091","price":81.7,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/files\/DSC_9483_acd29123-7487-470d-8fad-49c8ddf8909a.jpg?v=1779771573","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.com\/products\/singapore-a-cinematic-portrait","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}