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Taiwanese Cinema
The New Taiwan Cinema and after: static frames, extended silences, and family histories that carry the island's political history without ever stating it.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
Yi Yi
Edward Yang · 2000
A Brighter Summer Day
Edward Yang · 1991
A City of Sadness
Hou Hsiao-hsien · 1989
Rebels of the Neon God
Tsai Ming-liang · 1994
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