Taiwan Film Directors : A Treasure Island - Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh

Taiwan Film Directors

A Treasure Island

By: Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh, Darrell William Davis

Hardcover | 6 July 2005 | Edition Number 1

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This is a well-illustrated, in-depth study of the most celebrated film directors from Taiwan and the development of Taiwanese film. Focusing on the extraordinarily rich 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. Following the relaxation of government control of the film industry in the 1980s, Taiwan's directors sprung from relative obscurity to international acclaim. Yeh and Davis trace this development, analyzing Taiwanese film from the end of World War II to the present. 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.
Industry Reviews
"This book is a highly intelligent and welcome guide to the movement as whole, and to some of its major participants." -- Bradley Winterton, Taipei times "a veritable jewel for those interested in Taiwanese film culture and its domestic and international evolution." -- Film-Philosophy, 10.1 "A most welcome arrival on the scene for Asian Cinema as a whole, and is a book long over due." -- James Udden, Film International "Extremely valuable." -- Yu-Jyuan Jian, Canadian Journal of Film Studies, Vol. 17 No. 1

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