Cinema Taiwan: politics, popularity, and state of the arts /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Darrell William Davis and Ru-shou Robert Chen.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
N.Y. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvii, 236 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, photographs ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-228), filmography (p. 217-219) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: Cinema Taiwan, a civilizing mission? / Darrell William Davis -- The vision of Taiwan New Documentary / Kuei-Fen Chiu -- Haunted realism: postcoloniality and the cinema of Chang Tso-chi / Chris Berry -- The impossible task of Taipei films / Yomi Braester -- Taiwan in Mainland Chinese cinema / Robert Chi -- Festivals, criticism and international reputation of Taiwan New Cinema / Chia-Chi Wu -- The unbearable lightness of globalization: on the transnational flight of wuxia film / Hsiao-Hung Chang -- "This isn't real!" Spatialized narration and (in)visible special effects in Double Vision / Ru-Shou Robert Chen -- Morning in the new metroplis: Taipei and the globalization of the city film / James Tweedie -- Taiwan (trans)national cinema: the far-flung adventures of a Taiwanese tomboy / Fran Martin -- Trendy in Taiwan: problems of popularity in the island's cinema / Darrell William Daivs -- King Hu: experimental, narrative filmmaker / Peter Rist -- "I thought of the times we were in front of the flowers": analyzing the opening credits of Goodbye Dragon Inn / Yung Hao Liyu (translated by Ming-Yu Lee) -- "This time he moves!" The deeper significance of Hou Hsiao-hsien's radical break in Good Men, Good Women / James Udden -- The road home: stylistic renovations of Chinese Mandarin classics / Emilie Yueh-Yu Yeh.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"With contributions from leading scholars from six countries, Cinema Taiwan provides extensive discussion of developments in storytelling, styles and socio-political transformation to represent a new maturing of film theory, history and analysis in Taiwan scholarship. The book examines complex problems of popularity, conflicts between transnational capital and local practice, non-fiction and independent filmmaking as emerging modes of address, as well as new opportunities to forge vibrant film cultures embedded in Taiwanese (identity) politics, gender/sexuality and community activism. The volume includes a comprehensive filmography, bibliography of essential sources, and a Chinese-language glossary."--Jacket.