{"product_id":"once-upon-a-time-in-shanghai-hardcover","title":"Once Upon a Time in Shanghai - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Parascandola\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eMichael Berry\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChina, poised to become the world's largest film market, is home to an expansive state-supported movie and television industry. On an unparalleled scale, entire towns have been built around making movies. Given film censorship codes in China, period films provide a safe and familiar format to tell stories based around \"official\" narratives. The movie sets, rivaling real-world cities and monuments in their scale, have themselves become destinations for domestic and international tourists. Despite the fiction, they bear witness to a dynamic and changing China. Photographer Mark Parascandola, has spent five years photographing movie production sites and outdoor sets across China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 10.2 x 12.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769849151776,"sku":"9781942084747","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a8928cd661e58241e9a64393a76044cd.webp?v=1780358163","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/once-upon-a-time-in-shanghai-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}