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Taiwan Film Directors: A Treasure Island
Contributor(s): Yeh, Emilie Yueh (Author), Davis, Darrell William (Author)
ISBN: 0231128983     ISBN-13: 9780231128988
Publisher: Columbia University Press
OUR PRICE:   $108.90  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: July 2005
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Focusing on the work of four contemporary filmmakers -- Ang Lee, Edward Yang, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and Tsai Ming-liang -- the authors explore how these filmmakers broke from tradition, creating a cinema that is both personal and insistent on examining Taiwan's complex history. Featuring stills, anecdotes, and close readings of films, the authors consider the influence of Hong Kong and martial arts films, directors' experiments with autobiography, the shifting fortunes of the Taiwanese film industry, and Taiwan cinema in the context of international cinema's aesthetics and business practices.

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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Media Tie-in
Dewey: 791.430
LCCN: 2005041382
Series: Film and Culture
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.27 lbs) 312 pages
 
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Focusing on the work of four contemporary filmmakers--Ang Lee, Edward Yang, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and Tsai Ming-liang--the authors explore how these filmmakers broke from tradition, creating a cinema that is both personal and insistent on examining Taiwan's complex history. Featuring stills, anecdotes, and close readings of films, the authors consider the influence of Hong Kong and martial arts films, directors' experiments with autobiography, the shifting fortunes of the Taiwanese film industry, and Taiwan cinema in the context of international cinema's aesthetics and business practices.