{"product_id":"taiwan-film-directors-a-treasure-island-paperback","title":"Taiwan Film Directors: A Treasure Island - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmilie Yueh Yeh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDarrell William Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the 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, creating a cinema that is both personal and insistent on examining Taiwan's complex history. Featuring stills, anecdotes, and close readings of films, the authors consider the influence of Hong Kong and martial arts films, directors' experiments with autobiography, the shifting fortunes of the Taiwanese film industry, and Taiwan cinema in the context of international cinema's aesthetics and business practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmilie Yueh-yu Yeh is associate professor of cinema studies in the Department of Cinema-Television and associate director of the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003ePhantom of the Music: Song and Narration in Chinese-language Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eChinese-Language Film: Historiography, Poetics, Politics\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarrell William Davis is senior lecturer at the School of Theatre, Film, and Dance at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePicturing Japaneseness: Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.52 x 6.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 06, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101694726224,"sku":"9780231128995","price":68.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/RENaaHhJU1NiMlN2R05TTkhHQlpHdz09.webp?v=1772053281","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/taiwan-film-directors-a-treasure-island-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}