Cinema Taiwan Politics, Popularity and State of the Arts

Name: Cinema Taiwan Politics, Popularity and State of the Arts
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ISBN: 9780415412582

ISBN-10: 0415412587

ISBN-13: 9780415412582

Edition: 2007

Authors: Darrell William Davis, Ru-shou Robert Chen

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Following the success of Taiwanese film directors, such as Hou Hsiao-hsien and Ang Lee, Taiwanese film is raising its profile in contemporary cinema. This book looks at the complex problems of popularity, conflicts between transnational capital and local practice, and, non-fiction and independent filmmaking as emerging modes of address.

Book details

List price: $63.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/12/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.29" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of figures


List of contributors


Preface: Screening contemporary Taiwan cinema



Acknowledgments


Note on transliteration


Introduction: Cinema Taiwan, a civilizing mission?




Politics



The vision of Taiwan New Documentary




Haunted realism: postcoloniality and the cinema of Chang Tso-chi




The impossible task of Taipei films




Taiwan in Mainland Chinese cinema




Festivals, criticism and international reputation of Taiwan New Cinema




Popularity



The unbearable lightness of globalization: on the transnational flight of wuxia film




"This isn't real!" Spatialized narration and (in)visible special effects in Double Vision




Morning in the new metropolis: Taipei and the globalization of the city film




Taiwan (trans)national cinema: the far-flung adventures of a Taiwanese tomboy




Trendy in Taiwan: problems of popularity in the island's cinema




State of the arts



King Hu: experimental, narrative filmmaker




"I thought of the times we were in front of the flowers": analyzing the opening credits of Goodbye Dragon Inn




"This time he moves!": the deeper significance of Hou Hsiao-hsien's radical break in Good Men, Good Women




The road home: stylistic renovations of Chinese Mandarin classics



Selected filmography


Chinese glossary


Selected bibliography


Index