Why I Am Not A Painter 之所以我不是畫家 is a two-volume bilingual artist book by award-winning cinematographer, Christopher Doyle (杜可風).
A deeply personal and poetic interrogation of the filmmaker’s own creative methodologies, Why I Am Not A Painter 之所以我不是畫家 includes over 100 texts, 18 collages, and 5 film stills.
For Christopher Doyle, language is a way to review, refine, and reform. Words come from the creative experience and the cinematic space. They are what the process of film-making suggests to him.
Christopher Doyle is an Australian cinematographer and has worked on over fifty Chinese-language films, being best known for his collaborations with Wong Kar-Wai (王家衛) in Chungking Express, Happy Together, In the Mood for Love and 2046.
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COLOPHON
Written by Christopher Doyle
Published by MCCM
Language: Bilingual (English & Chinese)
Format (Book One): Softcover 260 pages, full-colour.
Format (Book Two): Softcover 196 pages, full-colour.
Dimensions: 180 x 120 mm
Edition: First
ISBN-13: 9789887723899
Full Title: Why I Am Not A Painter 之所以我不是畫家 and Of The Film 電影這回事 (Box Set)
Publication Date: 2018
A deeply personal and poetic interrogation of the filmmaker’s own creative methodologies, Why I Am Not A Painter 之所以我不是畫家 includes over 100 texts, 18 collages, and 5 film stills.
For Christopher Doyle, language is a way to review, refine, and reform. Words come from the creative experience and the cinematic space. They are what the process of film-making suggests to him.
Christopher Doyle is an Australian cinematographer and has worked on over fifty Chinese-language films, being best known for his collaborations with Wong Kar-Wai (王家衛) in Chungking Express, Happy Together, In the Mood for Love and 2046.
—
COLOPHON
Written by Christopher Doyle
Published by MCCM
Language: Bilingual (English & Chinese)
Format (Book One): Softcover 260 pages, full-colour.
Format (Book Two): Softcover 196 pages, full-colour.
Dimensions: 180 x 120 mm
Edition: First
ISBN-13: 9789887723899
Full Title: Why I Am Not A Painter 之所以我不是畫家 and Of The Film 電影這回事 (Box Set)
Publication Date: 2018