Taiwan New Cinema at Film Festivals by Beth Tsai - 9781474496926

Name: Taiwan New Cinema at Film Festivals by Beth Tsai - 9781474496926
Brand: Edinburgh University Press

Edinburgh University Press

Taiwan New Cinema at Film FestivalsAuthor(s): Beth Tsai\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Edinburgh University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edinburgh University Press\nISBN-13: 9781474496926, 978-1474496926\nSynopsis\nTaiwan New Cinema (first wave, [tel]; second wave, 1990 onward) has a unique history regarding film festivals, particularly in the way these films are circulated at major European film festivals. It shares a common formalist concern about cinematic modernism with its Western counterparts, departing from previous modes of filmmaking that were preoccupied with nostalgically romanticizing Chinas image. \nThrough utilising in-depth case studies of films by Taiwan-based directors: Tsai Ming-liang, Zhao Deyin and Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tsai discusses how Taiwan New Cinema represents a struggling configuration of the nation, brought forth by Taiwans multilayered colonial and postcolonial histories. Taiwan New Cinema at Film Festivals presents the conditions that have led to the prod.