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Talking Taiwan: Anthony Kao of Cinema Escapist Recommends Films About Taiwan

Talking Taiwan: Anthony Kao of Cinema Escapist Recommends Films About Taiwan

Felicia Lin

This week we welcome back Anthony Kao, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Cinema Escapist to Talking Taiwan. I’ve asked him to recommend films that help familiarize people with Taiwan. He’ll be recommending films about Taiwan that best represent certain decades, eras or significant historical events.

 

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

  • Anthony’s recommendations are of films made after the lifting of martial law in Taiwan 1987

  • In selecting films to recommend Anthony tried to select a variety of film genres to suit the different tastes of Talking Taiwan listeners

  • The films Anthony recommends represent a diverse array of Taiwan’s culture and historical phenomena

  • The five films that Anthony recommends: A City of Sadness (1989), Yi Yi (1999), Cape No. 7 (2008)

  • The historical and political relevance of Anthony’s film recommendations

  • The Taiwan history film trilogy by film director Hou Hsiao-hsien (侯孝賢): A City of Sadness (1989), Good Men, Good Women (好男好女1995), The Puppetmaster (1993)

  • New Taiwanese Cinema

  • Second New Wave of Taiwan Cinema

 

Related Links:

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Cinema Escapist: https://www.cinemaescapist.com/

Cinema Escapist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cinemaescapist

Cinema Escapist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cinemaescapist

 

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On Happiness Road (2017): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Happiness_Road

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7543904/

Hsin Yin Sung, Film Director: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3403663/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

  

New Taiwanese Cinema: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Taiwan#New_Taiwanese_Cinema,_1982%E2%80%931990

  

Second New Wave of Taiwan Cinema: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Taiwan#New_Taiwanese_Cinema,_1982%E2%80%931990

 

The 10 Best Taiwanese Movies of 2019: https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2019/12/best-taiwanese-movies-2019/

  

Listen to Episode 117: Anthony Kao of Cinema Escapist Recommends Films About Taiwan HERE

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