Taiwan Film Directors - A Treasure Island

Informationen zum Autor Emilie Yueh-yu YehDarrell Davis Klappentext This well-illustrated! in-depth study of the most celebrated directors and films from Taiwan and the development of Taiwanese film focuses 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 to create 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! and Taiwan cinema in the contexts of international cinema's aesthetics and business practices. Zusammenfassung This is a well-illustrated! in-depth study of Taiwanese film and its most celebrated film directors. Focusing on extraordinarily rich work of four contemporary film makers - Ang Lee! Edward Yang! Hou Hsiao- hsien and Tsai Ming-liang! the authors explore how these filmmakers broke from tradition. Davis at Uni of New South Wales.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Darrell Davis, Darrell William Davis, Emilie Yueh-yu Davis, Davis Darrell, Emilie Yueh Yeh, Emilie Yueh-Yu Yeh, Emilie Yueh-Yu Davis Yeh, Emilie Yueh-Yu/ Davis Yeh, Yueh-yu Yeh, Yueh-Yu Davis Yeh, Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.07.2005
• EAN: 9780231128995
• ISBN: 978-0-231-12899-5
• Pagine: 312
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Film and Culture Series; Film Culture; Film and Culture Series
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; Taiwan, HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, Dance & Other Performing Arts