Taiwanese-Language Cinema
Book description
Taiwanese-Language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered presents diverse approaches to the vibrant commercial film industry known as Taiwanese-language cinema (taiyupian). After a long period of neglect, films are being restored and made available with subtitles.Taiwanese-language cinema was a cycle of over 1,000 dramatic feature films produced between the mid-50s and early…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Taiwanese-Language Cinema as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this book partly because I am one of the editors and it is a product of fun and passion over several years. The book originated from a screening tour of Taiwanese-language films (taiyupian) in the UK and Europe in 2020. The outbreak of Covid-19 pushed us to readjust our delivery, with many of our screening events forced online or in hybrid format. The timeframe of the screening schedules was thus postponed from the end of 2020 to early 2022. As the timeline of the project lengthened, new research on taiyupian was generated. I am both grateful and privileged…