Cinema Taiwan

Preface: Screening Contemporary Taiwan Cinema. Introduction: Cinema Taiwan, a Civilizing Mission? Part 1: Politics 1. The Vision of Taiwan New Documentary 2. Haunted Realism: Postcoloniality and the Cinema of Chang Tso-chi 3. The Impossible Task of Taipei Films 4. Taiwan in Mainland Chinese Cinema 5. Festivals, Criticism and International Reputation of Taiwan New Cinema Part 2: Popularity 6. The Unbearable Lightness of Globalization: On the Transnational Flight of Wuxia Film 7. "This Isn't Real!" Spatialized Narration and (In)Visible Special Effects in Double Vision 8. Morning in the New Metropolis: Taipei and the Globalization of City Film 9. Taiwan (Trans)National Cinema, or, The Far-Flung Adventures of a Taiwanese Tomboy 10. Trendy in Taiwan: Problems of Popularity in the Island's Cinema Part 3: State of Arts 11. King Hu: Experimental, Narrative Filmmaker 12. "I thought of the times we were in front of the flowers": Analyzing the Opening Credits of Goodbye Dragon Inn 13. "This Time He Moves!": The Deeper Significance of Hou Hsiao-hsien's Radical Break in Good Men, Good Women 14. The Road Home: Stylistic Renovations of Chinese Mandarin Classics