{"product_id":"singapore-a-cinematic-portrait","title":"Singapore: A Cinematic Portrait","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSingapore: A Cinematic Portrait\u003c\/em\u003e traces how the island has been seen, imagined, and reinvented on screen—from early colonial newsreels to contemporary cinema. Written by Raphaël Millet, the book spans 125 years of film history, shaped by colonialism, decolonisation, and independence, and viewed through local and foreign lenses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt brings multi-language Asian cinemas into a shared chronology, foregrounding films while addressing archival gaps through rare sources. Framed by the ideas of Nanyang and Nusantara, it reveals a plural, transnational cinema. Since the 1990s, currents of nostalgia and melancholy have reflected the tensions of rapid change, memory, and erasure—capturing a city continually lived, lost, and reimagined through film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRaphaël Millet\u003c\/strong\u003e 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\u003eA specialist on Singapore cinema, he is the author of \u003cem\u003eLe Cinéma de Singapour\u003c\/em\u003e (2003) and \u003cem\u003eSingapore Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), and a contributor to \u003cem\u003ePositif, Trafic, Les Cahiers du cinéma\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBiblioAsia\u003c\/em\u003e. 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\u003eAs a documentary filmmaker, his work explores cinema history and culture. His Singapore-related films—\u003cem\u003eGaston Méliès and His Wandering Star Film Company\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChaplin in Bali\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Capitol of Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e—are held in the Asian Film Archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Asian Film Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53277799514409,"sku":"9789819447091","price":75.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Cover_7e8a0eae-cfb2-481f-b992-7a0637e45dfc.jpg?v=1781839980","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/singapore-a-cinematic-portrait","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}