Introduction: youth, cities, and the globalization of art cinema. The mise en scène of modernity: the French New Wave, Paris, and the global 1960s -- Walking in the city -- New wave futures -- The urban archipelago: Taiwan's new wave and the East Asian economic boom -- Morning in the megacity: Taiwan and the globalization of the city film -- The haunting of Taipei -- Chinese cinema in a world of flows: the new wave in the P.R.C. -- The fifth generation and the youth of China -- On living in a young city.