New Taiwanese cinema in focus : moving within and beyong the frame / Flannery Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Flannery.

Series:

Traditions in world cinema

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Taiwan--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Taiwan--History--21st century.

History.

Taiwan.

Physical Description:

xii, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2014.

Summary:

This book places Taiwanese cinema from the 1980s onwards in both national and transnational contexts. In the Taiwanese film industry, the dichotomy between arthouse and commercially viable films is heavily emphasized by both scholars and the local media. Ostensibly, this dichotomy stems from two separate desires on the part of filmmakers. Arthouse filmmakers in Taiwan are largely dependent on international distributors for funding, and, as a result, they aim to reach international audiences. On the other hand, mainstream commercial films in Taiwan tend to be produced without international export in mind. On a textual level, however, this dichotomy is not so clear-cut. Although the opposition between arthouse and commercial film may be very real in financial terms, in the context of the films themselves, the national and transnational (or inter-textual) aspects of Taiwanese cinema are not oppositional. These unlikely relationships create the need for a new way of thinking about transnationalism altogether. It provides a nuanced picture of the Taiwanese film industry since democratization and isolation from the Peoples Republic of China. It features close readings of the films of Tsai Ming-liang, Edward Yang, Hou Hsiaohsien, and others. It connects Taiwanese cinema to the global cinema landscape more generally. It refines the study of transnationalism by positing a new mode for viewing contemporary national cinema movements.

Contents:

1 Charting the Course: Defining the Taiwanese Cinematic 'Tradition' 14

2 Taiwanese-Italian Conjugations: The Fractured Storytelling of Edward Yang's The Terrorizers and Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up 47

3 Mapping Hou Hsiao-hsien's Visuality: Setting, Silence and the Incongruence of Translation in Flight of the Red Balloon 76

4 Tsai Ming-liang's Disjointed Connectivity and Lonely Intertextuality 97

5 The Chinese/Hollywood Aesthetic of Ang Lee: 'Westernized', Capitalist... and Box Office Gold 126

6 Filming Disappearance or Renewal? The Ever-Changing Representations of Taipei in Contemporary Taiwanese Cinema 150.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-176) and index.

ISBN:

9780748682010

0748682015

OCLC:

867725095