Craziness and Carnival in Neo-Noir Chinese Cinema : Palgrave Macmillan : 9783030730802 : 3030730808 : 21 Apr 2021 : Craziness and Carnival in Neo-Noir Chinese Cinema offers an in-depth discussion of the ?stone phenomenon? in Chinese film production and cinematic discourses triggered by the extraordinary success of the 2006 low-budget film, Crazy Stone. Surveying the nuanced implications of the film noir genre, Harry Kuoshu argues that global neo noir maintains a mediascape of references, borrowings, and re-workings and explores various social and cultural issues that constitute this Chinese episode of neo noir. Combining literary explorations of carnival, postmodernism, and post-socialism, Kuoshu advocates for neo noir as a cultural phenomenon that connects filmmakers, film critics, and film audiences rather than an industrial genre.