Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
8-2014
Department 1
Interdisciplinary Studies
Abstract
Book Summary: For younger critics and audiences, Taiwanese cinema enjoys a special status, comparable with that of Italian Neorealism and the French New Wave for earlier generations, a cinema that was and is in the midst of introducing an innovative sensibility and a fresh perspective. Hou Hsiao-hsien is the most important Taiwanese filmmaker working today, and his sensuous, richly nuanced films reflect everything that is vigorous and genuine in contemporary film culture. By combining multiple forms of tradition with a uniquely cinematic approach to space and time, Hou has created a body of work that, through its stylistic originality and historical gravity, opens up new possibilities for the medium.
Chapter Summary: This chapter is part of the latest anthology devoted to Taiwan's most famous director, Hou Hsiao-hsien. It argues that the lesser known Dust in the Wind is a definitive work for both Hou and the New Cinema movement that made him famous.
Copyright Note
This is the publisher's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Udden, James. "Dust in the Wind: A Definitive Hou/New Cinema Work." Hou Hsiao-hsien. Ed. Richard I. Suchenski (Columbia University Press, 2014).
Required Publisher's Statement
Original version is available from the publisher at: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/hou-hsiao-hsien/9783901644580