Taiwan Film Directors: A Treasure Island

(Part of the Film and Culture Series Series)

by Darrell William Davis and Emilie Yueh-Yu Yeh

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0231128991

ISBN13:9780231128995

Release Date:July 2005

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:1.08 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.6" x 8.5"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Asia Central Asia Direction & Production Documentaries Fiction Film & Television Genre Fiction History Humanities

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