When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

Name: When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
Genre: Documentary
Released: 01 Sep 1993
Rating: 7
Cast: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Edward Yang, Akira Emoto

Genre : Documentary
Année : 1993
Réalisateur : Hirokazu Kore-eda
Acteur : Hou Hsiao-hsien, Edward Yang, Akira Emoto
Pays : Japan
studio : Fuji Television Network, TV Man Union
From the 1980s to the 1990s, New Taiwanese Cinema gained international attention for adopting a completely different approach to that of the commercial films which had preceded it. This piece contrasts Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang, two rivals who were the driving force behind New Taiwanese Cinema. The closing of a cinema invites us to reflect on society and the passage of history.

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